Introduction to Media Industries

4 credits

Introduction to topics that arise across various media industries, including media economics, ownership and consolidation in media, media regulation and deregulation, media technologies, creative labor, intellectual property, financialization, globalization, and ethics in media. Engage directly with current events, read recent coverage in the trade press, and learn to analyze contemporary media companies and systems. This is a distance education course. No credit for COMM 106R if taken after COMM 106. Prerequisites: junior or senior standing.