JOUR 221 - Communication in Global Perspectives

Credits: 4

Prerequisite: JOUR 101. Open to majors and non-majors. Addressing a series of debates centered on the media, power and globalization, locating these in their historical and cultural perspective. In doing so, we explore ways in which media power is contested, and consider whether opportunities for resistance provided by new technologies represent a significant break with the past. A critical appraisal of the relationship between media and power at the level of culture, institutions, and social processes by examining the impact of technology on local and/or national media and communications industries in emerging democracies. Abah.