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Course Description: Semiotics for Creators of Popular Culture*
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Course Description: Semiotics for Creators of Popular Culture*

Semiotics for Creators of Popular Culture*

54-3670

This course explores the study and use of semiotics (or symbolic meaning) in the development of advertising and other creative works that contribute to the content of popular culture. Interdisciplinary in scope, the course explores how advertising uses symbolic language from diverse disciplines such as literature, cinema, television, performing arts, architecture, fashion, and other fields that shape the overall popular culture. Writing intensive.

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* Prerequisite Required.