Dr Wendy Willems

This course is compulsory on the MSc in Global Media and Communications (LSE and Fudan), MSc in Global Media and Communications (LSE and UCT) and MSc in Global Media and Communications (LSE and USC). This course is not available as an outside option.

The aim of this course is to explore and demonstrate the role of media, communications and technology in processes of globalisation by introducing the relevant literature, by examining various theories of globalisation and by exploring some of the key debates related to media, communication and globalisation. Topics taught include nationalism, the ‘dewesternisation’ and ‘decolonisation’ of knowledge production, comparative research, media imperialism, cosmopolitanism and racism.

This course is delivered through a combination of lectures and seminars totalling a minimum of 25 hours across Michaelmas Term. This course includes a reading week in Week 6 of term.

All students are expected to complete advance reading, participate actively in seminar discussions, carry out seminar presentations and submit one essay of 1,500 words.

A reading list will be provided for each topic. General works relevant to the course include:

• Appadurai, A. (1996). Modernity at Large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalisation. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press.
• Eriksen, T. (2014) Globalization. London: Bloomsbury.
• Flew, T. (2018). Understanding Global Media. London: Red Globe Press.
• Kraidy, M.M. (2018). Global Media Studies: A Critical Agenda. Journal of Communication 68: 337-346.
• Lee, C.-C. (2015). Internationalizing ‘International Communication’. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.
• Miller, T. and M.M. Kraidy (2016). Global Media Studies. Cambridge: Polity Press.
• Rantanen, T. (2004). The Media and Globalization. London: Sage.
• Rantanen, T. (2019). Introduction. In: T. Rantanen and C. Jiménez-Martinez (eds), Globalization and the Media. London: Routledge.
• Tomlinson, J. (1999). Globalisation and Culture. Cambridge: Polity Press.
• Wilkins, K., Straubhaar, J. and S. Kumar (2013). Global Communication: New Agendas in Communication. London: Routledge.

Essay (100%, 3000 words) in the LT.

There is no globalisation without media and communication and now there is no media and communication without globalisation.