Political Economy of Communication (YMGA203)
This course is an introduction to theories of communication that accentuate the historical interrelatedness of the political, cultural, economic and social in the construction, ownership and control of media industries, the formation of media regulation, the development of communication and media policy, and issues of information production, distribution, exhibition, circulation and consumption. The course will pay focused attention to the political economy of the electronic and print media in order to encourage in students the capacity for an active understanding of the interrelatedness of media policy, regulation, financing, ownership, control, production, distribution, and exhibition/circulation of information originating in the electronic and print media.