Global Media Flows

Catalog description

This class examines how televised media genres travel and circulate in specific historical, political and social conditions of consumption. We examine the battle for national, regional, and global media markets as a struggle for the 'legitimate' cultural and political view of the world expressed through information (news), scientific discourse (documentaries), and popular culture (films, soap operas, reality television, music) to understand the complex global flow of television programs and films.