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Special Topics: Media & Democracy in the Digital Age
Engineering Program
Paris, France
Dates: 1/5/17 - 5/13/17
Special Topics: Media & Democracy in the Digital Age
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: CEA CAPA Paris Center
Location: Paris, France
Primary Subject Area: Media Studies
Other Subject Area: Communication
Instruction in: English
Course Code: MED370CDG
Transcript Source: TBD
Course Details: Level 300
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 45
Prerequisites: Introduction to Media Studies or Communications and Political Science are recommended
DESCRIPTION
This course examines the relationship between the media and democracy with a particular emphasis on the new media technologies and their profound impact on the current, political processes worldwide.
We will begin with an overview of the traditional theories of the media's role in democracy and then will go on to investigate the effects of new communication technologies on the public sphere, media systems, democratic governance, and individual expression. Throughout the course we will study the French media system in depth, but we will also use various other worldwide empirical cases to understand how the media, and the new media technologies in particular, can enhance or undermine democratic processes.
The aim of this course is to familiarize students with different media systems and provide a thorough understanding of the media's role in democracy and its current challenges. Students will learn experientially by becoming citizen journalists themselves and researching and interacting with local players in Paris first-hand.
We will begin with an overview of the traditional theories of the media's role in democracy and then will go on to investigate the effects of new communication technologies on the public sphere, media systems, democratic governance, and individual expression. Throughout the course we will study the French media system in depth, but we will also use various other worldwide empirical cases to understand how the media, and the new media technologies in particular, can enhance or undermine democratic processes.
The aim of this course is to familiarize students with different media systems and provide a thorough understanding of the media's role in democracy and its current challenges. Students will learn experientially by becoming citizen journalists themselves and researching and interacting with local players in Paris first-hand.