Spring 2017 - CMNS 348 D100

Globalization and Media (4)

Class Number: 3748

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Jan 4 – Apr 7, 2017: Thu, 8:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
    Vancouver

  • Instructor:

    Dal Yong Jin
    djin@sfu.ca
    778-782-5116
    Office: HC-3555
  • Prerequisites:

    60 units including at least two of CMNS 210, 220, 221, 223 (or 223W), 230, 235, 240, or 253 (or 253W).

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Examines the dynamic global transformations in media, including print, broadcast, film, and digital media in a broad international and comparative context. Investigates globalization as a critical concept and considers media in the long history of globalization. Focuses on political, cultural, and technological issues addressed by media and globalization at the turn of the 21st Century. Students who have taken CMNS 387 with the subtitle "Globalization and Media" may not take this course for further credit.

COURSE DETAILS:

Overview:

This course examines global transformations in media (mainstream and alternative) in historical and contemporary terms. We begin the semester by interrogating globalization as a critical and intensely contested concept, and then proceed to explore how it has influenced a variety of media (print, broadcast, digital, film, and social media) in broad international and comparative contexts.

During the semester, we will address a number of key political, economic, cultural and technological issues relative to globalization, such as: the new world information and communication order (NWICO) campaign of the 1970s, cultural imperialism vs. heterogeneity, contra-flow of media products, global governance/international agreements and the powers of the nation-state, the ‘clash’ vs. ‘dialogue’ of civilizations, global corporate media ownership, new media and citizen journalism, the world summit on the information society (WSIS), and civil society intervention in global media policies, among others.

The goal is to introduce students to core theoretical concepts, which they should apply critically to a broad range of contemporary media policies, practices, movements, and technologies, in different geographic regions of the world -- North America, Europe, Africa, Latin America, Asia, the Middle-East, etc. -- with a view to determining how they shape, and are shaped by, globalization.

Grading

  • Attendance/Participation 10%
  • Presentation 20%
  • Mid-Term Exam 35%
  • Final Essay 35%

NOTES:

A minimum CGPA of 2.25, and approval as a communication student is required for entry into most communication upper division courses.


The School expects that the grades awarded in this course will bear reasonable relation to established university-wide practices with respect to both levels and distribution of grades. In addition, the School will follow Policy S10.01 with respect to Academic Integrity, and Policies S10.02, S10.03 and S10.04 as regards Student Discipline. [Note: as of May 1, 2009 the previous T10 series of policies covering Intellectual Honesty (T10.02) and Academic Discipline (T10.03) have been replaced with the new S10 series of policies.]

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Lechner, Frank and John Boli, The Globalization Reader (5th edition). Wiley & Sons, 2014 [Paperback.]
ISBN: 9781118133554

Registrar Notes:

SFU’s Academic Integrity web site http://students.sfu.ca/academicintegrity.html is filled with information on what is meant by academic dishonesty, where you can find resources to help with your studies and the consequences of cheating.  Check out the site for more information and videos that help explain the issues in plain English.

Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the University community.  Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the University. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the University. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS