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International Media Entertainment


Course Description

Examination of the entertainment media produced and distributed internationally/transnationally from aesthetic, political, and cultural perspectives.

Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Additional article-length, scholarly-research paper or comparable assignment deemed by the instructor to be equivalent in nature.


Athena Title

International Media Ent


Prerequisite

EMST 3320 and permission of major


Grading System

A - F (Traditional)


Student learning Outcomes

  • Students will understand the socio-cultural, aesthetic, and economic influences that shape non-U.S. media.
  • Students will understand relevant social movements and cultural event.
  • Students will understand and consider conditions and implications of cultural reception.

Topical Outline

  • State vs. commercially-funded media content
  • National media cultures
  • Global genres
  • Video cultures and informal media networks
  • Television formats (and global circulation)
  • Transnational media

Syllabus