Course Number:
MDST*2120 (Media & Communication Studies Program)
Course Name:
Vive la Revolution: Alternative And Advocacy Media
Other Course Description or Assignment Information:
In this course, students learn the history of alternative media, how and why alternative media have developed in Canada and how social media and the internet are driving the refinement and creation of new variations of the form, such as podcasts, social media posts and newsletters. The course explains how writers, producers and publishers both of alternative media and within legacy (mass) media have used these platforms to influence behavior and effect societal, political and public policy change.
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- Classes held on University of Guelph-Humber campus (Toronto).
Projected Class Enrolment: