Course Description

Media, Information and Technoculture 320F/G Global Political Economy of Information

Our global village is fractured by vast inequalities in access to the means of communication. This course examines the planetary interplay of power, wealth and information, with particular attention to debates about North/South information flows, cultural imperialism, transnational media corporations and the role of new communications technologies in globalization.

Prerequisite: Media, Information and Technoculture 201F/G or the former MIT 246F/G, and registration in the third or fourth year of an MIT program, or permission of the Faculty.
3 lecture hours, half course.


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