Course Description

Media, Information and Technoculture 201F/G Political Economy of Media

Names of corporate giants like Time Warner/AOL, Disney/ABC, Rogers, CanWest and Bell shape our media environment. This course examines the forces that have established this massive commercial media system, and explores how market-based media make their money, the social implications of their economic practices and the implications for what we see, hear, read and watch.

Antirequisite: Media, Information and Technoculture 246F/G.

Prerequisite: Media, Information and Technoculture 025a/b, 026a/b, and Computer Science 031a/b, or permission of the Faculty.

3 lecture hours, half course

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