UTCOM 200 Global Media Cultures

Global Media Cultures explores how people living in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and beyond produce and consume media in both immediate (local) and distributed (global) contexts. Drawing from a global range of written texts that reckon with the political, economic, and technological constraints and affordance of media, communication, and culture around the world, students will watch complimentary popular forms of entertainment in order to understand how these artifacts process and document the human experience. Engaging with and writing about these materials, the class will radiate outward, from media-specific to nationally-specific considerations and beyond to transnational media convergence.

Baccalaureate Experience

(HFA)(W)(IG)

Spartan Studies

Core Humanities

Credits

4

Prerequisite

Prerequisite or concurrent with AWR 201.

Offered

Fall, Spring