Global Media
** available as of 06/15/2026
** available as of 06/15/2026
Prerequisites: COMM 175.
This course examines how various forms of media and audiences travel and circulate in specific historical, political, and social conditions of consumption. We will learn about the global media flows, connections, and contexts of media markets through information, ideas about health/medicine, and popular culture.
Outcomes: Evaluate the influence of historical, political, and social conditions on global media production, distribution, and consumption; Compare media systems and audiences across cultural and geographic boundaries to understand how local contexts shape global communication practices; Assess representations of health, medicine, and popular culture in transnational media, considering issues of power, identity, and accessibility; Apply theoretical frameworks of globalization and media studies to contemporary case studies involving global markets, platforms, and public discourse; Design and adapt a communication strategy or toolkit to address the needs of a defined audience.
This course examines how various forms of media and audiences travel and circulate in specific historical, political, and social conditions of consumption. We will learn about the global media flows, connections, and contexts of media markets through information, ideas about health/medicine, and popular culture.
Outcomes: Evaluate the influence of historical, political, and social conditions on global media production, distribution, and consumption; Compare media systems and audiences across cultural and geographic boundaries to understand how local contexts shape global communication practices; Assess representations of health, medicine, and popular culture in transnational media, considering issues of power, identity, and accessibility; Apply theoretical frameworks of globalization and media studies to contemporary case studies involving global markets, platforms, and public discourse; Design and adapt a communication strategy or toolkit to address the needs of a defined audience.