What differentiates “the critic” from critical members of the audience? How does the television critic use printed press to articulate her commentary?  Is remix the future of media criticism?  This course reviews different forms of media criticism – about the media, in the media, and through the media.

Drawing on a tradition of criticism and interpretation in literary and media studies and on sociological theories of taste and distinction, the course will explore the manners with which critics perceive their role and articulate critique and the factors that empower and limit their authority as critics.