Media and Democracy

Catalog description

This course invites students to examine the intersection of media and democracy. Through readings in critical media studies, students explore how mass media and social media both reflect and shape democratic politics in a range of contexts around the world. Students also explore the roles that media play in fostering authoritarian, illiberal, and anti-democratic political dynamics. Along the way, students learn how to critically analyze different genres of media narrative and to interrogate today’s global media landscape.