Media and Global Challenges
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Descrizione
Increased international integration and deepened interconnectedness following globalization have been transforming the media landscape and the world profoundly over recent decades. Globalization is everywhere and nowhere, in the sense that global events and processes can help both facilitate and hinder almost all human activities. This course outlines some of the main challenges- old and new- facing national and global communities within the digital media environment. The course seeks to inspire students' critical thinking on tangible measures or resolutions, at different levels, that can empower human activity in the global era. The module discusses six global challenges with connection to media and communication practices, namely:
- Globalization and anti-globalization
- Climate change and sustainability
- Pandemic and crisis communication
- War and mediated controversy
- Emerging technology power and underestimated risks
- Social-cultural polarization and multilateralism in transition
Obiettivi
This module aims at
- Developing a critical understanding of globalization and digitalization of the world society in the context of deglobalization, fragmentation, and reconfiguration.
- Investigating case studies from different countries and cultures (including emerging markets) to understand the different trajectories in facing the same challenges posed to international communication and strategic planning.
- Leveraging strategies to address global communication and solutions to overcome the crisis.
Modalità di insegnamento
In presenza
Impostazione pedagogico-didattica
- Lectures from the instructors are accompanied with powerpoint presentations.
- Group projects & discussions, guided by the instructors
Modalità d’esame
The final grade will be composed of the results achieved by students:
- One 2500-word essay (60%)
- Group project presentation, 10-15 slides (30%)
- In-class participation (60% minimum) (10%)
Bibliografia
- Thussu, Daya Kishan, Nordenstreng, Kaarle. Brics media: reshaping the global communication order?. London: Routledge, 2021.
- Winseck, Dwayne, Jin, Dal Yong. The Political Economies of Media: The Transformation of the Global Media Industries. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2012.
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Mejias, Ulises A, Vokuev, Nikolai E. "Disinformation and the media: the case of Russia and Ukraine" Media, Culture & Society, 39, 7 (2017): 1027-1042.
10.1177/0163443716686672 -
Teer-Tomaselli, Ruth, Tomaselli, Keyan, Dludla, Mpumelelo. "Peripheral capital goes global: Naspers, globalisation and global media contraflow" Media, Culture & Society, 41, 8 (2019): 1142-1159.
10.1177/0163443719842072
Offerta formativa
- Bachelor in Comunicazione, Lezione, 3° anno