Topics in Comparative and Transnational Asian Media

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Asian media industries have played a crucial role in shaping the global mediascape. This course employs comparative and transnational approaches to media studies to examine the transnational character of Asian media in relation to media cultures and practices in other global regions. Topics include the international circulation of genres and aesthetic innovations, the transnational political economy of media production and distribution, and spectatorship across national contexts and cultures. The media examined (e.g. film, television, radio, digital media) as well as specific national and regional contexts may change with different iterations of the course