POT3075: American Politics and Popular Culture

(MWF: 1000-1050)  POS2041, or consent of the Instructor

Location: 42/1102

This course explores how, and to what effect, American popular culture shapes our mediated political reality.  We will explore a host of issues during the semester, among which include the role of celebrity in contemporary politics, the politics of rap music, and the U.S. polity as framed by situational-comedies.