cultural studies

Myth and Ideology COMM 6160/8980, Spring 2013 Tuesdays, 4:30-7:00 PM 422 Sparks Hall Ted Friedman 25 Park Place South #1017 tedf@gsu.edu; (404) 463-9522 http://www.tedfriedman.com Course Description This course brings together two frameworks for understanding culture: myth criticism and ideological analysis. Influenced by anthropologists and folklorists, myth critics trace the connections between contemporary cultural narratives and […]

Fantasy and Science Fiction Media FILM 4280/6280, Spring 2013 Tuesdays & Thursdays 1:00-2:15 PM, 331 General Classroom Building Screenings Tuesdays, 11:00 AM-12:50 PM, 406 Arts & Humanities Ted Friedman 25 Park Place #1017 tedf@gsu.edu http://twitter.com/tedfriedman http://tedfriedman.com Course Description How do we dream our visions of the future? How do we explore our fantasies of the […]

Like most people I know, I’m sad, angry, and numb in reaction to the massacre of children and their teachers on Friday. While I feel helpless to affect change in a meaningful way, I do what I can via the small contributions to organizations like the Sandy Hook School Support Fund and the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, and writing letters to my Federal and State representatives arguing for increased gun control and funding for mental health initiatives. ... read more »

Here’s a short “position paper” I wrote for a panel on comics at the Flow media studies conference in Austin: For a Jungian Turn in Comics Studies The rise of the new field of comics studies offers the opportunity to reconsider theoretical choices made by earlier forms of media studies. When, in an earlier generation, […]

Recently, my friend Annie Petersen took advantage of one of Twitter’s best functions for academics: crowdsourcing syllabus recommendations. Annie was looking for readings that provide a good introduction to semiotics, but are not impenetrable to novice students. ... read more »

Chris Christie wants a beer with Bruce (http://ht.ly/cOk0q). I want a PBR with Colt Ford & Eric Church. http://youtu.be/cSlArizRI-E Filed under: Cultural Studies, Music, Myth

Film 4910, Summer 2012Tuesdays & Thursdays 10:55-1:25, Classroom South 308 Ted FriedmanOffice: 738 One Park Place SouthEmail: ted@tedfriedman.com     Twitter: http://twitter.com/tedfriedmanWebsite: http://tedfriedman.com/teaching Course DescriptionMedia today are converging, as the boundaries that divide movies, TV, games, phones and the web blur. ... read more »

COMM 6160/8690, Spring 2012
Thursdays 4:30-7:00 PM, Sparks 321

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Film 4910, Spring 2012
Tuesdays & Thursdays 2:30-3:45, Classroom South 328

Ted Friedman
Office: 738 One Park Place South
Email: ted@tedfriedman.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/tedfriedman
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Albums

1. Bon Iver, Bon Iver
2. Drake, Take Care
3. Tune-Yards, Whokill
4. Laura Marling, A Creature I Don’t Know
5. Tycho, Dive
6. Washed Out, Within and Without
7. Radiohead, King of Limbs
8. M83, Hurry Up We’re Dreaming
9. Raphael Saadiq, Stone Rollin’
10. Feist, Metals

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