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COM/IR 316 Media and Conflict
Liberal Arts & Business Program
Aix-en-Provence, France
Dates: 6/1/17 - 7/15/17
COM/IR 316 Media and Conflict
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: IAU
Location: Aix-en-Provence, France
Primary Subject Area: Communication
Other Subject Area: Journalism
Instruction in: English
Course Code: COM/IR 316
Transcript Source: TBD
Course Details: Level 300
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 45
DESCRIPTION
The course will provide a structured approach to address different media systems. It will explore the dynamics of news, politics, conflicts and freedom of the press. Focusing on ongoing, international crises of global importance, we will examine how various international media report on topics including armed conflicts, human rights abuses. We will study the dynamics governing news media environment and structures. We will try to understand why different audiences from different cultural spheres perceive the same news in sometimes a diametrically opposed way. We will examine the rich arsenal of repression tools used by authoritarian and even democratic regimes to suppress press freedom or spin news to their advantage. We will look at the ways and means by which courageous journalists try to circumvent these obstacles.
Given the rapidly evolving nature of the subjects studied, this syllabus is subject to change as well.
Given the rapidly evolving nature of the subjects studied, this syllabus is subject to change as well.