J102 - The Wire: When Journalism Meets Drama From the website & image, The class will explore the relationship between real crime, popular fiction and television, specifically The Wire. The class will examine how The Wire established a new cultural narrative about life for the ethnically diverse residents of the decaying centers of America’s post-industrial cities and their relationship with the largely white law enforcement and criminal justice bureaucracy that plays such a commanding role in their lives. The class will contrast the Baltimore story line with two other urban settings with different racial and cultural profiles, namely Miami/Dade and Harris County, Texas, which includes Houston. This is one of my classes next year.

J102 - The Wire: When Journalism Meets Drama

From the website & image,

The class will explore the relationship between real crime, popular fiction and television, specifically The Wire. The class will examine how The Wire established a new cultural narrative about life for the ethnically diverse residents of the decaying centers of America’s post-industrial cities and their relationship with the largely white law enforcement and criminal justice bureaucracy that plays such a commanding role in their lives. The class will contrast the Baltimore story line with two other urban settings with different racial and cultural profiles, namely Miami/Dade and Harris County, Texas, which includes Houston.

This is one of my classes next year.

Oct. 27 2011
#berkeley #personal #journalism #uc berkeley
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  1. niceincognito reblogged this from thenoobyorker and added:
    Are you serious? I hate you.
  2. escranesque said: are you still an undergrad?
  3. dumbassfils said: i have recurring nightmares where White People Talk About The Wire. try not to get ptsd
  4. thenoobyorker posted this