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  • 1/11/2024
The UP College of Mass Communication offers a Special Topics in Broadcasting class on ‘the conception, construction, and the performance of Taylor Swift as a celebrity.’

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00:00 The UP College of Mass Communication offers a special topics and broadcasting class on
00:05 the conception, construction, and the performance of Taylor Swift as a celebrity.
00:09 The elective class, titled "Celebrity Studies, Taylor Swift in Focus," will be taught by
00:13 Dr. Cherish Brillon for the second semester of school year 2023-2024 under the BA Broadcast
00:20 Media Arts and Studies degree program.
00:22 In an interview with PhilStarLife, Brillon says the class will also explore the intersections
00:27 of media with class, politics, gender, and race.
00:30 The course will also explore fandom politics and activism in a Filipino context.
00:35 Brillon's course is neither the first nor last class offered that studies Taylor Swift,
00:40 but it is the first class to be held in a Philippine university.
00:43 More details about the course can be found on the UP College of Mass Communication Facebook
00:47 page.
00:48 (upbeat music)

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