COMS 320 Media and Empire

3 credits · Art History & Communications · Faculty of Arts · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

The relationship between mass media and empire-building, as well as the role of mass and alternative media in anti-imperialism movements. Topics may include: Print technologies and the British Empire; shipping technologies, industrialization and the slave trade; new media and the anti-war and anti-g…

Prerequisites

One of the following: COMS 200, COMS 210, or COMS 230 or permission of the instructor.

Prerequisite courses: COMS 200, COMS 210, COMS 230

Courses that need COMS 320

COMS 410
COMS 425
COMS 490
COMS 491
COMS 492

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