An Inclusive Litany

6/17/01

The University of Illinois now offers an undergraduate course on "Oprah Winfrey, the Tycoon," the purpose of which is "to critically examine and analyze Winfrey's activities in the building of her entertainment empire within the context of the impact of a multiplicity of societal, cultural, and economic factors in the post-modern information age propelled by a new technology in the New Economy of Global Capitalism."