Global Media and Politics

Paper Code: 
DJMC 602
Credits: 
6
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable the students to understand the development of various news agencies and international institutions related to communication and the concept of popular media and embedded journalism. Students will also develop the understand various discourses of globalization.

 

20.00
Unit I: 
I

Media and international communication: Communication Debates: NWICO, McBride Commission and UNESCO, The advent of popular media- a brief overview

20.00
Unit II: 
II

Media and super power rivalry:

Unequal development and Third World concerns: North-South, Rich – Poor, CNN and Al Jazeera

20.00
Unit III: 
III

Global Conflict and Global Media

Rise of embedded Journalism

20.00
Unit IV: 
IV

Media and Cultural Globalization

Cultural homogenization Cultural Imperialism, Media hegemony and

Global cultures

10.00
Unit V: 
V

Discourses of Globalization: barrier–free economy, multinationals,

Technological developments, digital divide

Media conglomerates and monopolies in India.

Essential Readings: 
  1. DayaKishanThussu. International Communication: Continuity and Change, Oxford University Press, 2003.
  2. Yahya R. Kamalipour and Nancy Snow. War, Media and Propaganda-A Global Perspective, Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group, 2004.
  3. Communication and Society, Today and Tomorrow “ Many Voices One

World”Unesco Publication, Rowman and Littlefield publishers, 2004.

  1. Barbie Zelizer and Stuart Allan. Journalism after 9/11, Taylor and

FrancisPublication, 2012.

  1. DayaKishanThussu .War and the media : Reporting conflict 24x7, Sage

Publications, 2003.

  1. Stuart Allan and Barbie Zelizer. Reporting war: Journalism in war time, Routledge Publication, 2004.
  2. Lee Artz and Yahya R. Kamalipor. The Globalization of Corporate Media Hegemony, New York Press, 2003.
  3. ZahidaHussain and Vanita Ray. Media and communications in the third world countries,Gyan Publications,2007.
Academic Year: 
2016-2017
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