Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to give the students a comprehensive view of contemporary transnational media culture, introduce central concepts for understanding it and present main theoretical traditions for studying it.
Contents
On top of introductory lectures students focus on one crucial area of transnational media culture (e.g. film production, music industries, transnational television) and one central theoretical trend (e.g. world culture theory, global media studies).
Teaching methods
lectures 10h + readings + essay
Teaching language
EnglishModes of study
Active participation, readings and independent writing.
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.Recommended year of study
Autumn 2009.
Study materials
Two of the following plus other books and/or articles depending on the topic of the final essay:
James Curran and Myung-Jin Park: De-Westernizing Media Studies (2000).
David Held & al.: Global Transformations: Politics, Economics and Culture (1999).
Doreen Massey and Pat Jess (red.): A Place in the World? (1995).
David Morley: Media, Modernity and Technology. The Geography of the New (2007).
Roland Robertson: Globalization: Social Theory and Global Culture (1992).
John Tomlinson: Globalization and Culture (1997).
Belongs to following study modules
2010–2011