MASS MEDIA AND GLOBAL COMMUNICATION

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Junior standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and explain key concepts and urgent issues in mass media and global communication studies. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Acquire different theoretical and methodological approaches to study global communication. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Examine various mechanisms of communication networks, media flows, media industries, and digital platforms across global contexts. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Learn interview skills and produce theoretically informed analysis of media consumption patterns and networks. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Analyze global media phenomena and produce research papers that rigorously engage with key concepts and issues covered in the course. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Recognize and understand critical connections between global changes, local issues, and personal lives. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Critically evaluate ideas from different sources and integrate (or contrast) different global communication theories to produce research suitable for submission to an academic journal. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and explain key concepts and urgent issues in mass media and global communication studies. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Acquire different theoretical and methodological approaches to study global communication. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Examine various mechanisms of communication networks, media flows, media industries, and digital platforms across global contexts. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Learn interview skills and produce theoretically informed analysis of media consumption patterns and networks. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Analyze global media phenomena and produce research papers that rigorously engage with key concepts and issues covered in the course. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Recognize and understand critical connections between global changes, local issues, and personal lives. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Critically evaluate ideas from different sources and integrate (or contrast) different global communication theories to produce research suitable for submission to an academic journal. Audience: Graduate