CI 635 - Business of Representation

Is all visibility, good visibility? How does diversity create capital, and what happens when it doesn’t? With content from Will & Grace to Black Panther, the past 20 years have seen a dramatic increase in on-screen representation of marginalized groups. This class will explore why and how that shift took place as well as how other areas of media industries have moved towards inclusivity (or failed to do so). We’ll ask how business imperatives shaped those shifts, the effects of change on minority communities, as well as how content creators might think through the stakes of diverse representation in their own work.

Credits: 4