2023-2024 Catalog

COMM 304 Global Media Studies

This course examines the emergence of transnational media corporations, the effects of new communication technologies on and in culture and public life, and the cross-cultural impact of global media. These phenomena are examined from a variety of critical perspectives such as: cultural imperialism, modernization, postcolonialism, localism/globalism, and the political economy of transnational media industries. The class promotes the virtue and importance of understanding contemporary media and culture from an international perspective.  

Credits

3

Prerequisite

WRIT 102 or WRIT 201; any previous COMM course