152226120 MEDIA, CULTURE AND GLOBALIZATION ( 3 Crd.Hrs )

This course introduces students to the globalization of the media and communication and addresses their implications on local, regional and global level with reference the context, texts, technologies and practices of media production and media consumption. During the course we will examine the main characteristics of global media and communication industries and their economic and cultural role. We will focus on examples from a wide range of contemporary “flows”, including innovative forms of global media communication, such as those found in branding and visual/ material culture.