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CMNS 402: Global Communication (Rev. 4) Report a Broken Link

This course engages critically with problems presented by the production, distribution, and consumption of global media products, and helps students to develop an understanding of the social, political, and economic influences that shape global media systems.

Unit 1

Part A: Defining Global Communication
Thussu, D. K. (2007). Mapping global media flow and contra-flow. In D. K. Thussu (Ed.), Media on the move: Global flow and contra-flow (pp. 11–32). Routledge.

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Castells, M. (2007). Communication, power and counter-power in the network society. International Journal of Communication 1, 238–266.
Part B: Critical Views: Media Flows and Transnationalization
Chalaby, J. K. (2005). From internationalization to transnationalization. Global Media and Communication, 1(1), 28–33.
Gunaratne, S. A. (2007). A systems view of “international” communication, its scope and limitations. Global Media and Communication, 3(3), 267–271.
Griffin, M. (2002). From cultural imperialism to transnational commercialization: Shifting paradigms in international media studies. Global Media Journal, 1(1).

Unit 2

Part A: Who Is in Control?
Gallagher, M. (2011) Gender and communication policy: Struggling for space. In R. Mansell & M. Raboy (Eds.), The handbook of global media and communication policy (pp. 451–466). Wiley-Blackwell.

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Part B: Dependence and Sovereignty: Canada
Tinic, S. (2010). Walking a tightrope: The global cultural economy of Canadian television. In B. Beaty, D. Briton, G. Filax, & R. Sullivan (Eds.), How Canadians communicate III: Contexts of Canadian popular culture (pp. 95–115). Athabasca University Press.

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McCutcheon, M. A. (2009). Downloading doppelgängers: New media anxieties and transnational ironies in Battlestar Galactica. Science Fiction Film and Television, 2(1), 1–24.
Mattelart, T. (2009). Audio-visual piracy: Towards a study of the underground networks of cultural globalization. Global Media and Communication, 5(3), 308–326.

Unit 3

Part A: Corporations and Conglomerations
Benkler, Yochai. (2003). Freedom in the commons: Towards a political economy of information. Duke Law Journal, 52(6), 1245–1276. https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/dlj/vol52/iss6/3
Part B: Beyond America: Developing Media Flows
Powers, S., & el-Nawawy, M. (2009). Al-Jazeera English and global news networks: Clash of civilizations or cross-cultural dialogue? Media, War & Conflict, 2(3), 263–284. https://doi.org/10.1177/1750635209345185
Al Jazeera. (2017, 26 April). Reporters without Borders: Journalism at tipping point. Al Jazeera. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/4/26/reporters-without-borders-journalism-at-tipping-point

Unit 4

Part A: Democratic and Community Media
McChesney, R. W. (2008). The U.S. media reform movement: Going forward. Monthly Review, 60(4), 51–59.
Cammaerts, B. (2009). Community radio in the West: A legacy of struggle for survival in a state and capitalist controlled media environment. The International Communication Gazette, 71(8), 635–654. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748048509345057
Sussman, G., & Estes, J. R. (2005). KBOO community radio: Organizing Portland’s disorderly possibilities. Journal of Radio Studies, 12(2), 223–239. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15506843jrs1202_4
Part B: Ethnic, Minority, and Special-Interest Media Production
Deuze, M. (2006). Ethnic media, community media and participatory culture. Journalism, 7(3), 262–280. https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884906065512
Srinivasan, R. (2006). Indigenous, ethnic and cultural articulations of new media. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 9(4), 497–518. https://doi.org/10.1177/1367877906069899
Ginsburg, F. (2003). Atanarjuat off-screen: From “media reservations” to the world stage. American Anthropologist, 105(4), 827–831. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3567148
Rodríguez, J. M. R. (2005). Indigenous radio stations in Mexico: A catalyst for social cohesion and cultural strength. The Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast and Audio Media, 3(3), 155–169. https://doi.org/10.1386/rajo.3.3.155/1

Unit 5

Part A: Latin Politics, Global Media
Fox, E., & Waisbord, S. (2002). Latin American media: A long view of politics and markets. In R. Mansell, R. Samarajiva, & A. Mahan (Eds.), Networking knowledge for information societies: Institutions & intervention (pp. 303–310). Delft University Press.
Orlando Pérez, J. (2008). The media in Castro’s Cuba: Every word counts. In J. Lugo-Ocando (Ed.), The media in Latin America (pp. 116–130). Open University Press.
Weiss, A. S. (2015). The digital and social media journalist: A comparative analysis of journalists in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru. International Communication Gazette, 77(1), 74–101. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748048514556985
Part B: Popular Culture, Transnationalization, and Identity
Mato, D. (2005). The transnationalization of the telenovela industry, territorial references, and the production of markets and representations of transnational identities. Television & New Media, 6(4), 423–444. https://doi.org/10.1177/1527476403255822
Barrera, V., & Bielby, D. D. (2001). Places, faces, and other familiar things: The cultural experience of telenovela viewing among Latinos in the United States. Journal of Popular Culture, 34(4), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-3840.2001.3404_1.x
Cañizález, A., & Lugo-Ocando, J. (2008). Beyond national media systems: A medium for Latin America and the struggle for integration. In J. Lugo-Ocando (Ed.), The media in Latin America (pp. 209–225). Open University Press.

Unit 6

Padovani, C., & Pavan, E. (2016). Global governance and ICTs: exploring online governance networks around gender and media. Global Networks, 16(3), 350–371. https://doi.org/10.1111/glob.12119
Maxwell, R., & Miller, T. (2011). The environment and global media and communication policy. In R. Mansell & M. Raboy (Eds.), The handbook of global media and communication policy (467–485). Blackwell Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444395433.ch29

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