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politics, culture, and the global media

Instructor: Farhang Rouhani

Department: Geography

Course Number: FSEM 100A5

CRN: 12632

Course Description:

This course will encourage students to critically explore the role of the global media in current debates about political power, the global economy, and cultural politics. Over the course of the semester, we will examine the ways in which film, television, and other media alter our understandings of space, time, and cultural identity. Rather than providing answers through a set of discrete facts, this seminar is designed to engage students with ongoing debates and questions. Over the course of the semester, we will focus on diverse media environments; a variety of media; and a variety of economic, political, and cultural issues. We will particularly focus on research from the fields of media studies, cultural geography, and global studies.

The course will consist of three themes:

• The Media and Globalization, centering around the media’s centrality in the processes of globalization and uneven economic development
• Global Media Space and New Boundaries, focusing on the role of media in relation to political institutions, democratization, and social movements
• Construction of Identities in a Globalized World, examining the ways in which local identities are shaped and reshaped through global media flows