COMM 146
Evolution of Mass Media Images
Description: Lecture, four hours; discussion/laboratory, one hour. Analysis of evolutionary psychology as basis for images selected by media portraying women and/or minorities in entertainment, advertising, and informational communication. Letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Most Helpful Review
Fall 2025 - I actually really enjoyed the content of the class, it was interesting and engaging. The class varied from topics like pop culture to body image and much more. The only difficult part about this class is that the midterm and final heavily weigh on your grade. There are 2 small assignments that help bring up your grade slightly. I think the exams were slightly challenging as you do have to focus on the articles he provides and specific details but if I spent more time studying or going to office hours I probably could've gotten a better grade. Overall, the class was interesting but if you're bad at test taking like I am be prepared to be studying a lot more.
Fall 2025 - I actually really enjoyed the content of the class, it was interesting and engaging. The class varied from topics like pop culture to body image and much more. The only difficult part about this class is that the midterm and final heavily weigh on your grade. There are 2 small assignments that help bring up your grade slightly. I think the exams were slightly challenging as you do have to focus on the articles he provides and specific details but if I spent more time studying or going to office hours I probably could've gotten a better grade. Overall, the class was interesting but if you're bad at test taking like I am be prepared to be studying a lot more.
Most Helpful Review
Professor Okami was an interesting enough lecturer. I think he made some interesting points, but he presented them in a very insensitive manner. He made jokes about domestic violence portrayals in the media, and declared to the class that the Clothesline Project (where sexual abuse victims decorate shirts about their experiences) was misleading. I thought this was quite insensitive as rape victims may have been amongst the students in the class, and he insisted on belittling their experiences. He also told us too many personal details for comfort(eg, he's on his fourth wife and that one of them choked him and another one broke his rib). The class was NOT about mass media images, but rather evolutionary psychology, the final paper was assigned with out much direction, which made it difficult to write, and the exams were relatively detail specific. There was a tad bit too much reading and the Pinker Blank Slate book should be burned because it's so repetitive. Probably would not recommend the class.
Professor Okami was an interesting enough lecturer. I think he made some interesting points, but he presented them in a very insensitive manner. He made jokes about domestic violence portrayals in the media, and declared to the class that the Clothesline Project (where sexual abuse victims decorate shirts about their experiences) was misleading. I thought this was quite insensitive as rape victims may have been amongst the students in the class, and he insisted on belittling their experiences. He also told us too many personal details for comfort(eg, he's on his fourth wife and that one of them choked him and another one broke his rib). The class was NOT about mass media images, but rather evolutionary psychology, the final paper was assigned with out much direction, which made it difficult to write, and the exams were relatively detail specific. There was a tad bit too much reading and the Pinker Blank Slate book should be burned because it's so repetitive. Probably would not recommend the class.
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