The Role of International Media in a Global World

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course, students shall understand the role of international media in a more globalized world, including media’s role on decision making process at national and international level. With the increasing number of international media and technological advance, abundant supply of information is happening, making it difficult to distinguish the right and valuable information appropriate to be used as the basis for decision making.

Topics

Communication and media in information age, international communication and international politics since 1945, media and international organization, global financial crisis and media news coverage, corruption in global media, the influence of media ideology, media and coverage of global disasters.