https://solvonauts.org/%3Faction%3Drss_search%26term%3Doral+culture RSS Feed for oral culture Introduction to Media Studies is designed for students who have grown up in a rapidly changing global multimedia environment and want to become more literate and critical consumers and producers of culture Through an interdisciplinary comparative and historical lens the course defines media broadly as including oral print theatrical photographic broadcast cinematic and digital cultural forms and practices The course looks at the nature of mediated communication the functions of media the history of transformations in media and the institutions that help define media s place in society Over the course of the semester we explore different theoretical perspectives on the role and power of media in society in influencing our social values political beliefs identities Introduction to Media Studies is designed for students who have grown up in a rapidly changing global multimedia environment and want to become more literate and critical consumers and producers of culture Through an interdisciplinary comparative and historical lens the course defines media broadly as including oral print theatrical photographic broadcast cinematic and digital cultural forms and practices The course looks at the nature of mediated communication the functions of media the history of transformations in media and the institutions that help define media s place in society Over the course of the semester we explore different theoretical perspectives on the role and power of media in society in influencing our social values political beliefs identities http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/literature/21l-015-introduction-to-media-studies-fall-2003 http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/literature/21l-015-introduction-to-media-studies-fall-2003 Notre Dame OpenCourseware OCW offers free educational resources for the course Morality and Modernity in the Department of Philosophy This course explores the nature of modern morality through an examination of the work of Alasdair MacIntyre and Charles Taylor We will also read works by Immanuel Kant and Friedrich Nietzsche two thinkers whose ideas have powerfully shaped the moral culture of the modern world http://ocw.nd.edu/philosophy/morality-and-modernity http://ocw.nd.edu/philosophy/morality-and-modernity Introduction to Media Studies is designed for students who have grown up in a rapidly changing global multimedia environment and want to become more literate and critical consumers and producers of culture Through an interdisciplinary comparative and historical lens the course defines media broadly as including oral print theatrical photographic broadcast cinematic and digital cultural forms and practices The course looks at the nature of mediated communication the functions of media the history of transformations in media and the institutions that help define media s place in society Over the course of the semester we explore different theoretical perspectives on the role and power of media in society in influencing our social values political beliefs identities https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/literature/21l-015-introduction-to-media-studies-fall-2003 https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/literature/21l-015-introduction-to-media-studies-fall-2003