Media culture content
Lesson 1: Introduction - high culture versus popular culture
1.1 Culture
1.2 High culture & popular culture
1.2.1 Cultural history
1.2.2 High culture versus mass (media) culture
1.3 Media culture
PART I: TEXT & CULTURAL MEANING
Lesson 2: Media & ideology
2.1 Introduction: media text & cultural meaning
2.2 Media text & ideology
2.3 The capitalist ideology of (neo)liberalism
2.4 Advertising & ideology
Lesson 3: Horror
3.1 Ideological theory
3.1.1 The fundamental
3.1.2 Reactionary or progressive horror
3.1.3 The female monster
3.1.4 From monster to monster-hunter
Lesson 4: Fantasy fiction
4.1 The cultural roots of fantasy fiction
4.1.1 Romanticism
4.1.2 Romanticism & the fantasy genre
4.2 Fantasy in contemporary genre
Lesson 5: Science-fiction
5.1 Science-fiction
5.2 Evolution of science-fiction
5.3 Topics in science-fiction
5.3.1 From surveillance to sousveillance
5.3.2 From humanism to posthumanism
5.3.3 Machines: from control to out of control
Lesson 6: Paranoia fiction
, 6.1 Conspiracy theories
6.1.1 Normative perspectives on conspiracy theories
6.1.2 Conspiracy theories as a cultural phenomenon
6.2 Conspiracy theories & the birth of the detective novel
6.3 Popularity of conspiracy theories in media texts
Lesson 7: Postmodern texts
7.1 Postmodernism
7.2 Postmodern art & culture
7.2.1 Perspectives on postmodern art
7.2.2 Eclecticism
PART II: AUDIENCE & CULTURAL CONSUMPTION
Lesson 8: Consumption & cultural inequality
8.1 Introduction: cultural consumption
8.2 Cultural consumption & class position
8.3 Cultural capital & consumption
8.4 The end of high versus low culture?
Lesson 9: Consumption & subculture
9.1 Subcultures
9.2 Studying subcultures
9.3 Beyond subcultures
9.3.1 Symbolic Boundary Work
9.3.2 Symbolic Boundary Work on social media & games
Lesson 10: Consumption & counterculture
10.1 Authenticity
10.2 Product authenticity
Lesson 11: Celebrity culture
11.1 Celebrities
11.2 Sociological perspective on celebrities
11.2.1 Status groups
11.2.2 Privileges
PART III: MEDIA & CULTURAL CHANGE
Lesson 12: Silicon Valley & culture
, 12.1 The Californian ideology
12.2 Historical-sociological analysis
12.2.1 Counterculture
12.2.2 Cyberculture
12.2.3 Platform economy
Lesson 13: Social media & post-truth
13.1 Post-truth society
13.2 Philosophical background
13.2.1 Modern enlightenment & objectivism
13.2.2 From modernism to postmodernism
13.2.3 Postmodernism & post-truth society
13.3 Social media & post-truth
Lesson 14: AI & post-humanity
14.1 Technological objects versus human subjects
14.2 Objects become subjects
14.3 Subjects become objects
14.3.1 Humanism & posthumanism
14.3.2 Dystopian humanists versus liberal posthumanists
Lesson 1: Introduction - high culture versus popular culture
1.1 Culture
1.2 High culture & popular culture
1.2.1 Cultural history
1.2.2 High culture versus mass (media) culture
1.3 Media culture
PART I: TEXT & CULTURAL MEANING
Lesson 2: Media & ideology
2.1 Introduction: media text & cultural meaning
2.2 Media text & ideology
2.3 The capitalist ideology of (neo)liberalism
2.4 Advertising & ideology
Lesson 3: Horror
3.1 Ideological theory
3.1.1 The fundamental
3.1.2 Reactionary or progressive horror
3.1.3 The female monster
3.1.4 From monster to monster-hunter
Lesson 4: Fantasy fiction
4.1 The cultural roots of fantasy fiction
4.1.1 Romanticism
4.1.2 Romanticism & the fantasy genre
4.2 Fantasy in contemporary genre
Lesson 5: Science-fiction
5.1 Science-fiction
5.2 Evolution of science-fiction
5.3 Topics in science-fiction
5.3.1 From surveillance to sousveillance
5.3.2 From humanism to posthumanism
5.3.3 Machines: from control to out of control
Lesson 6: Paranoia fiction
, 6.1 Conspiracy theories
6.1.1 Normative perspectives on conspiracy theories
6.1.2 Conspiracy theories as a cultural phenomenon
6.2 Conspiracy theories & the birth of the detective novel
6.3 Popularity of conspiracy theories in media texts
Lesson 7: Postmodern texts
7.1 Postmodernism
7.2 Postmodern art & culture
7.2.1 Perspectives on postmodern art
7.2.2 Eclecticism
PART II: AUDIENCE & CULTURAL CONSUMPTION
Lesson 8: Consumption & cultural inequality
8.1 Introduction: cultural consumption
8.2 Cultural consumption & class position
8.3 Cultural capital & consumption
8.4 The end of high versus low culture?
Lesson 9: Consumption & subculture
9.1 Subcultures
9.2 Studying subcultures
9.3 Beyond subcultures
9.3.1 Symbolic Boundary Work
9.3.2 Symbolic Boundary Work on social media & games
Lesson 10: Consumption & counterculture
10.1 Authenticity
10.2 Product authenticity
Lesson 11: Celebrity culture
11.1 Celebrities
11.2 Sociological perspective on celebrities
11.2.1 Status groups
11.2.2 Privileges
PART III: MEDIA & CULTURAL CHANGE
Lesson 12: Silicon Valley & culture
, 12.1 The Californian ideology
12.2 Historical-sociological analysis
12.2.1 Counterculture
12.2.2 Cyberculture
12.2.3 Platform economy
Lesson 13: Social media & post-truth
13.1 Post-truth society
13.2 Philosophical background
13.2.1 Modern enlightenment & objectivism
13.2.2 From modernism to postmodernism
13.2.3 Postmodernism & post-truth society
13.3 Social media & post-truth
Lesson 14: AI & post-humanity
14.1 Technological objects versus human subjects
14.2 Objects become subjects
14.3 Subjects become objects
14.3.1 Humanism & posthumanism
14.3.2 Dystopian humanists versus liberal posthumanists
