JAN 128 - Can Comedy Save Our Democracy? Understanding and Making Comedy News

This means some class sessions will be entirely in-person or entirely on Zoom. Students must be on campus for in-person sessions.
Level:  Lower Division (100 Level)
Course Times:  12:00 PM -2:40 PM
Note: See the Jan Term website for meeting days if not specified here.
Course Materials Fee:  $35

Instructor(s):  Dailey, Keli
Email:  kld5@stmarys-ca.edu

Satire = making fun of something to expose its truth. 

 This course provides instruction in analyzing and creating satirical broadcast news and digital media. It teaches you how to decode and challenge it as an engaged audience member, as well as prepare it for presentation. Our goal in this course will be to define this genre, explore its evolution, identify its public impact and importance, determine whether it’s an agent of journalistic information-dissemination, suggest improvements in areas such as ethics and diversity, and gain experience in creating news satire.

 Course learning outcomes: 
 
 • Describe the influence of comedians at the intersections of art and activism and from diverse groups to political engagement worldwide. 
 • Interpret the intersection of comedy and social justice in the U.S. and abroad. 
 • Create works of topical and informative comedy that punches up!
 

Prerequisites & Notes
None

Credits: 3-CU