The course offers a comprehensive survey of positivist/mainstream and of critical theoretical approaches in the study of contemporary media and mass communication and an investigation of their influence on social, political, and economic change in the Americas. The class will discuss the most prominent positivist and critical theoretical approaches about media in North American and Latin America and will distinguish their differences in how they conceive and study the uses and effects of mass communication.
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| 23-ANG-M-AngHM3_IAS Media and the Processes of Culture / Los medios y los procesos de la cultura | "Cultural Communication" oder "Mediating Cultures" | Study requirement
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| Teoría e historia de los medios en América Latina | Study requirement
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| 23-ANG-M-HM3 Main Module 3: NorthAmerican Literatures and the Processes of Culture | HM 3.1 NorthAmerican Literatures in Context | Study requirement
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| HM 3.2. Research Paradigms and Research Projects in Northamerican Studies | Study requirement
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| 23-IAS-M-IAS4 North American Literature and the Processes of Culture | "Literary Theory" oder "Cultural Theory" | Study requirement
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