Critical examination of the ways religion mediates communicative practices, engages with media technologies, and is mediated in mainstream or popular culture. Topics may include: secularization and post- secularization; the politics of representation; religious organizations as communicative actors; fundamentalism. Prerequisite(s): fourth year Honours standing in Communication and Media Studies or permission of the School of Journalism and Communication. Lectures three hours a week. [0.5 credits]
Critical examination of the ways religion mediates communicative practices, engages with media technologies, and is mediated in mainstream or popular culture. Topics may include: secularization and post- secularization; the politics of representation; religious organizations as communicative actors; fundamentalism. Prerequisite(s): fourth year Honours standing in Communication and Media Studies or permission of the School of Journalism and Communication. Lectures three hours a week. [0.5 credits]