Reading Room : Text and Image (COMM107)
Covering a broad range of texts and images from texts for use and ordinary pictures to complicated literary works and works of art, the course teaches how to read, analyze and interpret them in practice. Focusing on conventional text types and genres rather than complex media texts, the course develops an awareness of the problems as well as the joy of reading, viewing and making sense of the variety of texts and images surrounding us. Among the emphases of the course are the role of the reader, the importance of the cultural context, the critical stance and political awareness.