ORGL2000-A Leadership & Popular Culture (Spring 2023)
Course Details
Section will be taught totally online with no scheduled class meetings. Students must arrange for daily access to a computer and the Internet prior to the start of classes. Robert Morris labs are to be used only as a backup in special situations and may not be relied upon for extended periods of time. In addition to the Internet link, online classes have a large emphasis on email. All messages from the instructor and other information regarding online classes, including user ids, passwords, and login instructions will be sent to your Robert Morris University email account. Visit http://rmu.blackboard.com/ for more information.
Session, Dates: 4 (03/04/2023 - 04/28/2023)
Days: ONLINE
Time: -
Location: Internet/Online
Room:
Seats Available: No Seats 0 Waiting
Credits: 3
Course Description
Students examine the contested sites of popular culture leadership in a variety of industries - professional sports, technology, entertainment, retail, and politics. They learn to analyze and critique the complex linguistic and visual images that bombard them via digital and print media from these organizations and icons. Students learn how persuasive messages are designed and targeted to specific audiences through an analysis of a variety of popular culture genres - music videos, political speeches, advertisements, TED talks, Facebook, Twitter, etc. Finally, students acquire the knowledge and skills to distinguish disinformation, doublespeak and propaganda from factual and truthful messages by analyzing, discussing and creating multimodal messages.
3 Credits
Course Materials
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A J. Grant, Ph.D.
granta@rmu.edu
412-397-6462 phone
412-397-6468 fax
Wheatley Center 228
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University Professor of Organizational Leadership
Communication and Organizational Leadership
granta@rmu.edu
412-397-6462 phone
412-397-6468 fax
Wheatley Center 228
Profile