<p>Lecture, three and one half hours. Question of what diversity and culture mean in era of distributed networks and massive technological diffusion looms. Part of this involves problem of how to work with differing ways of knowing, with differing ontologies. It is now widely accepted that global cultures and communities differ in way they practice knowledge, understanding, and making meaning of their worlds. How we draw boundaries around culture and community has become increasingly complicated, as culture becomes increasingly mediated and community has elements of local place and global imagination. How are political, economic, and cultural identities being shaped in global media culture? How does this shape nature of how power functions? How does this impact heritage, economy, politics, and identity? Letter grading.</p>

Information Studies

The school engages in fundamental work on what matters most in education and information studies in the 21st century: the discovery and application of usable knowledge at the crossroads of policy and practice.

School of Education and Information Studies

The principal goal of research and practice in information studies is to support the making of culture and community in an increasingly pluralist, globalizing world.

General Catalog

Global Media and Information

INFSTD210

4 units