INTRO TO MEDIA & COMMUNICATION STUDIES in Spring 2025 (CM1023A)

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This course provides a survey of the media and its function in today’s society. It introduces students to the basic concepts and tools necessary to think critically about media institutions and practices. In addition to the analysis of diverse media texts, the course considers wider strategies and trends in marketing, distribution, audience formation and the consequences of globalization. By semester’s end, students will understand the basic structures of today’s media and be able to provide advanced analysis that weighs the social and political implications of its products.

Course Master: 
INTRO TO MEDIA & COMMUNICATION STUDIES (CM1023)
Term: 
Spring 2025
Discipline: 
CM (Communications)
Credits: 
4 credits
Type: 
Regular
Level: 
Undergraduate
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
No
Exam Date: 
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 - 04:00
Pre-requisites: 
EN1000 OR EN1010 OR EN2020CCE OR EN2020
Co-requisites: 
None

Professor(s)

Learning Outcomes

  1. Have a conceptual vocabulary for understanding formal/compositional aspects of media.
  2. Have a critical-theoretical vocabulary for critically analyzing media artifacts, media’s role in social processes, and media businesses.
  3. Understand different aspects of the field of media and communications (e.g.. Film, Audience studies, semiotics, narrative and genre analysis, political economy of media, cultural studies, journalism and political communication, advertising).

Syllabus

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Schedule

Start Date: 
Monday, January 13, 2025
End Date: 
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
DayStart TimeEnd TimeRoom
Tuesday
15:20
16:40
C-103
Friday
15:20
16:40
C-103