COMS 320 Media and Empire (3 credits)

Overview

Communication Studies : The relationship between mass media and empire-building, as well as the role of mass and alternative media in anti-imperialism movements. Topics may include: Print technologies and the British Empire; shipping technologies, industrialization and the slave trade; new media and the anti-war and anti-globalization movements.

Terms: Winter 2021

Instructors: Burman, Jennifer C (Winter)

• Prerequisite: One of the following: COMS 200, COMS 210, or COMS 230 or permission of the instructor.