Exploring Global Media (212-0-70)

Instructors

Joseph F Khalil

Meeting Info

Northwestern Qatar Room 2-257: Tues, Su 10:00AM - 11:15AM (AST)

Overview of class

This is a course about the various multi‐billion dollar industries that provide us with information, entertainment, and advertising. As a result, these global media have an enormous impact in shaping our culture. Throughout the class, we will explore the infrastructures, markets, and stakeholders that shape the development of global media. This course aims to cover the historical context of global media; the theories to interpret global media's impact and reach; and the tools to investigate the elements and agents of global media. By the end of the course, students will be able to: explain when, how and why certain media can become global; apply global media theories to interpretations of global media contexts; research and assess global media organizations; and identify and assess current and future challenges and trends in global media.

Registration Requirements

Prerequisites: None

Open to sophomores and above, MIT majors only

Open for cross-registration

Satisfies Media and Politics Minor

Enrollment Requirements

Enrollment Requirements: Registration is reserved for COMM Majors who are Sophomores and above.