MEDIA & WAR (CM4017)

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Surveys major areas of research about Media and War. Students are introduced to the following topics: aesthetics of war in film, news, TV, and print media and resulting construction of national and historical memory; close relationship of media entertainment technologies to practices of war; and mediation of war in relation to trends in globalization, empire, and international politics.

Code: 
CM4017
Name: 
MEDIA & WAR
Discipline: 
CM (Communications)
Type: 
Regular
Level: 
Undergraduate
Credits: 
4
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
No
Pre-requisites: 
(CM1023 AND (CM2051 OR CM2051CCR)) OR (CM1023 AND Major=Journalism)
Co-requisites: 
None

Learning Outcomes

  1. Accurately describe, interpret, and compare a wide range of media conveying narratives of war.
  2. Demonstrate a detailed understanding of key theoretical debates on theory of media and war and their application on a different range of media.
  3. Identify the connections between Military doctrine, political and media interests and the representation of war throughout the 20th and 21st century.
  4. Understand the evolution of war narratives in relation to the revolutions in Media and Communication, from the Press to the digital revolution.

Offering(s)

Term Code Name
Fall 2024 CM4017 MEDIA & WAR

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