GLO301

The course provides historical and contemporary perspectives on the concepts of power, globalization, networked societies, and diffusion of cultural values through various forms of media and how these factors influence news media reporting, digital ecosystems, discourse, and communities around the world. The course utilizes a number of frameworks, including models that examine the global flow of information, to study the impact of these phenomena on communities and societies. The political economy of exporting and importing cultural and news media values, and other media norms, and the concept of hybridity also will be studied in the context of social change. Micro and macro levels of analysis will examine gender, race/ethnicity, cultural identity and expression, language, geographical location, socio-economic, and generation-related factors that are considered in the process of gathering and producing news. Course content also will utilize concepts including national identity, social ordering, representation, place, and boundaries to analyze social and cultural issues related to news media reporting around the world.

Fall, Spring, Summer