Drugs and Media
Fall 2020
Taught By: Usman Shaukat
Section: A
CRN: 5899
Credits: 3
From narcotics and the international drug trade, antidepressants, addiction treatments, and youth-targeted "club drugs," to PrEP and HIV prevention and flibanserin (the "female viagra") this course examines representations of drug production, use, and exchange in a variety of media forms (fictional, advertorial, and journalistic), and interrogates how these representation intersect with larger questions regarding power, difference, embodiment. Organized thematically, topic will include gendering drugs; race, criminality and moral panic; and homosexuality and perceptions of promiscuity. The class readings with draw upon a range of critical and analytical approaches and conclude with an exploration of the links between the media’s representations of drugs with questions of legality and public policy.
College: Schools of Public Engagement (NS)
Department: Communication (NCOM)
Campus: Online (DL)
Course Format: Seminar (R)
Max Enrollment: 28
Add/Drop Deadline: September 14, 2020 (Monday)
Online Withdrawal Deadline: November 22, 2020 (Sunday)
Seats Available: No
Status: Closed*
* Status information is updated every five minutes. The status of this course may have changed since the last update. Open seats may have restrictions that will prevent some students from registering. Updated: 10:15am 1/23/2021 EST