FILM 48.06 Media and Migration

The relationship between media and migration is a complex one. Media can, at once, facilitate migrants’ journeys and, at the same time, contribute to public discourse that aims to curtail migration. Our individual understanding of migration, personal relationships to it, and the viewpoints we have formed on immigration rights and policies are indelibly shaped by multiple forms of media, broadly construed: mainstream news media, social media, television and film, data visualization, infographics, and multimodal forms of communication. In this course, we will use the lenses of postcolonial studies and critical ethnic studies to examine the interplay of media and migration to collectively build our capacities as critical consumers of media and nuanced and empathetic thinkers about migration. 

Instructor

R. Risam

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