Spring 2027

Race, Ethnicity and Media

Examines key theoretical and empirical readings in the area of race/ethnicity and media.

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Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Miya Fayne

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2021: 3.79 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.83 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=9 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Critically analyze the differences and similarities between the concepts of race and ethnicity within media and communication contexts.

  • Evaluate the hidden power and privilege of whiteness and its operation in everyday life and mediated representations.

  • Assess the meanings and implications of multiculturalism and color-blind ideology for social interaction and media production.

  • Examine the varied contexts in which race and ethnicity function as organizing social constructs across media and society.

  • Develop a research project related to race, ethnicity, and media, and conduct a pilot study to explore the topic empirically or conceptually.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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JOURN 824

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  • Graduate/professional standing

Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2025: 3.83 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=9 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

MIYA FAYNE is recorded teaching in Spring 2025, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2021: 3.79 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.83 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=9 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Race and ethnicity in media
  • Whiteness and privilege
  • Multiculturalism and color-blind ideology

Skills

  • Critical analysis of race and ethnicity concepts
  • Evaluation of whiteness and privilege
  • Research project development and pilot study

Grades

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JOURN 824 · Spring 2027

Race, Ethnicity and Media

Recorded 2026-10-14
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