COM 4450 - Global Media

Credits: 4

This class will look at how media flows and changes as it crosses borders, whether imported from or exported to other countries, and how this may reinforce notions of cultural imperialism, the creation of a global village, or other ways in which cultures and texts intersect and overlap. Additionally, we will look at emerging media industries outside the U.S. that produce and circulate mass media around the world, and examine key issues in global media from a critical perspective, including the hegemony of U.S. media, television formatting, global conglomeration, political economy and copyright laws, national communication policies and quota systems, and audience practices and expectations in different contexts.
Prerequisite(s): COM 1020 and COM 2401 or COM 2801
Fulfills: X in LS Core