Course Outline:
Week 1&2
Overview of Course
Institutional Analysis & Political Economy:
The Public Sphere, Democracy and Access: The Role of the Media
Media Systems: History
Screening: Manufacturing Consent
Week 3&4
Information: Commodity or Public Resource
Media Systems: Theory
Public and Commercial Media Systems
Journalism, Ethics and Privacy
Screening: OutFoxed/Citizen Berlusconi
Week 5
Advertising and The Public Relations Industry
Screening: Consuming Kids
Week 6 & 7
Audiences
Effects, Uses, Gratifications and Culture
Ratings, Assessments and Business
MIDTERM
Week 8&9
Entertainment & Ideology
Popular Culture: Film, Music, Sports &Video Games
Stars
Readings:
Screening: The Ad & The Ego
Week 10&11
The Problem of Images
Policing Images and Speech
Week 12
Media, Gender, Race and Sexual Identity
Screening: Dreamworlds 3
Week 13
Global Media
Cultural Imperialism and Information Dependence
Screening: Dishing Democracy
Week 14
New Media, Convergence and New Information Technologies