Comparative Cultural Studies

CCS3431	Global Media, Politics, and Power (O) (Cross-Listed: MAAC 3431)	3 ch (3C) (W)
Uses core readings and theoretical frameworks from media studies to examine the complex relationships between media, society and politics, across the 20^th century and into the new millennium, and in global perspective. Topics include media ownership and regulation; media and social movements; censorship and freedom of the press; television and digital culture in emerging democracies; the politics of the popular; media arts & activism.