Undergraduate Seminar (298-0-73)

Topic

Understanding Media Industries

Instructors

Joseph F Khalil

Meeting Info

Northwestern Qatar Room 2-258: Mon, Wed 11:30AM - 12:45PM (AST)

Overview of class

This course provides an understanding of media industries as structures of production, distribution, aggregation, and exhibition. Though writers, directors, and producers are key players in the development of media content, this course focuses on the business of media. Rather than providing a history of various media, we map the field of media industries as a discipline. We then examine terminologies, frameworks and methods that explain current dynamics and processes. The rest of the course will be dedicated to evaluating how media and technological developments change based on factors like ownership, regulation, marketing and branding. This hybrid course offers insights for students who desire to create media,introducing various contexts to help them define their place as an artist who must also be a businessperson.

Registration Requirements

Prerequisites: none

Open to sophomores and above, MIT majors only.

Enrollment Requirements

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