GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS in Fall 2024 (CM5001A)

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This course introduces students to major theories and practices of communications research, particularly those dealing with the globalization of media and culture. Students learn a mixture of approaches: rhetorical, quantitative, ethnographic and textual. They learn how various disciplines—economics, political science, anthropology, sociology, and rhetoric—deal with these issues. They also study a variety of research methodologies, learn how to create research projects and develop thesis-writing skills.

Course Master: 
GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS (CM5001)
Term: 
Fall 2024
Discipline: 
CM (Communications)
Credits: 
4 credits
Type: 
Regular
Level: 
Graduate
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
No
Exam Date: 
Tuesday, December 17, 2024 - 09:00
Pre-requisites: 
Major=MA: Global Communications OR Major=MA: Global Comm. (Development Communications) OR Major=MA: Global Comm. (Digital Cultures and Industries) OR Major=MA: Global Comm. (Fashion Track) OR Major=MA: Global Comm. (Visual & Material Culture Track) OR Major=MSc: Strategic Brand Management
Co-requisites: 
None

Professor(s)

Learning Outcomes

  1. Students will be able to analyse insightfully media content, media policy, media markets.
  2. Students will be aware of issues of how digitization is changing communications and its cultural and political impact.
  3. Students will be aware of the history of world communications, the various national and trans-national media systems.
  4. Students will develop a knowledge of key theories and theorists in the field of communications.
  5. Students will have some.understanding of ethnographic method and interview techniques.
  6. Students will understand of the relationship between states, market, corporations, international organizations and civil society actors in the establishment of global communications.
  7. Students will understand the variety of research methodologies available within the discipline to study and analyze global communications, and be able to apply and use some of them.

Syllabus

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Schedule

Start Date: 
Monday, September 2, 2024
End Date: 
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
DayStart TimeEnd TimeRoom
Tuesday
09:00
10:20
Q-604
Friday
09:00
10:20
Q-604