This is a preliminary schedule. Some screenings and readings listed here might be subjected to change
- Week 1 Course Overview and introduction.
The historical context of media globalization
Introduction to media theory
Questions of globalization, media and identity politics
Readings: Thussu, ch.1 & 2
The global communication infrastructure
Readings: Thussu, ch.3 & 4; Edward Said, from Orientalism; Frantz Fanon from A Dying Colonialism; other readings TBD
Quiz!
Review and Midterm Exam – The Local and the Global in Media Culture
Readings: Thussu, ch. 5 + Thussu, ‘From MacBride to Murdoch’; Amir Hetsroni, Globalization and knowledge hierarchy through the eyes of a quiz show; Kraidy, Reality TV in the Arab World
- Week 4 Introduction: Media Counter-flows
Readings: Thussu, ch. 6; Mohamed Zayani: ‘Introduction –Al Jazeera and the Vicissitudes of the New Arab
Mediascape’; Jigna Desai and Rajinder Dudrah: “Introduction: The Essential Bollywood”; Brian Larkin, Itineraries of Indian cinema: African Videos, Bollywood and Global Media; Zina Saro-Wiva, No Going Back; Lobato, ‘Lessons from Nollywood’
Quiz!
Readings: Youna Kim, The Rising East Asian ‘Wave’: Korean Media Go Global’; Naomi Sakr, Diversity and Diaspora in Europe; Thussu, ch. 7.
Review and Final Exam