Global Media Systems and Trends
This online course will survey major theories, global trends,
and key stakeholders in the field of mass and multi-media. It is designed to foster substantive comprehension of issues raised by transnational media corporations and their impact on other cultures and languages. Details about the BBC, CNN, MTV, Euro Disney, and the Internet will be major components of this class.
Course Dates:
Aug. 18-Dec. 6, 2008
NONCREDIT REGISTRATION
Noncredit Fee: $350
Register:
- BY PHONE: Contact Ashley Patterson at (314) 516-5974.
- ONLINE: Register online with your MasterCard, Visa, or Discover credit card.
- BY MAIL or FAX: Download and complete a noncredit registration form, and send it by fax or mail with your payment.
Instructor: Thomas McPhail, PhD
Textbook: Global Communication:
Theories, Stakeholders, and Trends (Blackwell Publishers, 2006)
by Thomas McPhail, the course instructor
ISBN #978-1-4051-3427-9
Course Description
MEDIA ST 3356 Global Media Systems and Trends
This Internet-based course will consist of two major types of instructional activities: First, a weekly one-hour video lecture following the content areas of the textbook. The second activity will be various Web-based communication activities, e.g. blogs, podcasts, wikis, discussion groups, etc., that will be assigned over the course of the semester.
Click here for information about taking this course for three hours of credit as MEDIA STUDIES 3356.
For more information, contact Ashley Patterson at (314) 516-5974 or pattersonam@umsl.edu.