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Jun 03, 2024
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MDIA 4015 - Media and Development
Examines, through a political economy approach, the relationships between media and socioeconomic development. These relationships are analyzed with regards to various forms of media, including motion pictures, community radio, television, and ‘new media’ such as the Internet. Incorporates a series of readings and case studies situated in different parts of the world, including Latin America, Asia, Africa, and Appalachia. Interrelationships between media and development are explored historically, at various geographic scales, as well as from the perspectives of different stakeholders.
Requisites: Jr or Sr
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes: - 1. Students will develop a knowledge and understanding of the various interrelationships between media and development, including the positive and negative aspects of media in relation to development.
- 2. Students will employ critical reading skills to analyze written as well as visual materials (e.g. documentaries, television programming, etc.) that provide different perspectives on media and development related topics.
- 3. Students will conduct original research that will entail critically examining a particular media and development topic. In written form and through an oral presentation, they will clearly express their ideas developed through this research.
- 4. Students will develop an appreciation of the diversity of circumstances and perspectives related to the various interrelationships between media and development.
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