Viewing: SAST 110 C1: Media and South Asia

Last approved: Wed, 26 Sep 2018 18:22:39 GMT

Last edit: Thu, 06 Sep 2018 14:26:41 GMT

Rationale for Inactivation

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First Name	Last Name	Userid	Title	Home School	Org Short Name
Murali	Balaji	mbalaji	lecturer	Annenberg School for Communication	Annenberg School for Communication

Course Subject

SOUTH ASIA STUDIES

Course Number

110

Start Term

Spring 2019

Committee Term

Fall 2018

Course Title

Media and South Asia

Course Description

This course examines the historical development of media institutions across the Indian subcontinent, and how media texts have helped to shape post-colonial national/cultural/religious/social identities, nationalism, and geopolitical relations. The course looks at how the postcolonial State in the South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and Sri Lanka) has interacted with media industries, and the implications of this interaction.

Also Offered As

Syllabus

SAST 110.docx

Course Frequency

Every Other Term

Foundational Approach

Term Offered

One-term course offered either term

Foundational Approaches

Cross Cultural Analysis

Format

Instructor Name

Murali Balaji

Instructor Type

Part Time Lecturer

Instructor Status

Part Time Lecturer

Place in Curriculum

Instructor's objectives

Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
• Describe the development of media industries and institutions in the Indian subcontinent
• Understand the various factors that have shaped media consumption and production across South Asia
• Examine how different forms of media have shaped local, communal, political, and national identities
• Explain the rise of new media technologies across the Indian subcontinent, and how (or if) they have played a role in fostering social, political, cultural, and economic changes.

Methods of Assessment

Number and size of paper(s) assigned

Number and type of exams

2 - midterm and final

Other Requirements

pop quizzes

Cross Cultural Analysis

How does the course examine the social values, institutions, and patterns of organization of a culture from within its own perspective?

The course examines the role of political control, religious identities, language, and other social factors in shaping media production. However, many of the readings will be drawn from sources from within countries studied, highlighting the sociocultural diversity existing across the subcontinent.

How does the course consider the relationships AMONG the following aspects of the culture(s) in question: art, religion, literature, philosophy, social behavior and institutions, and responses to other cultures?

The course examines the role of colonialism in shaping media institutions across South Asia, but how religious groups and other markers such as language came to play a larger role in countries' media production following independence and partition.

If the course focuses on a particular element in a culture, can you explain how it relates that element to other more general aspects?

N/A

How does the course teach students the methods required for sensitive and critical cultural analysis, such as the informed reading of texts, artifacts, and social institutions?

This course will examine news sources from both independent and state-aligned/own media in the countries studied, to examine how information is managed and disseminated. Some critical areas of examination are likely to include coverage of conflicts such as the Bangladesh war of 1971, the Kashmiri violent insurgency (from Pakistani, Indian, and Kashmiri media sources), and the Sri Lankan civil war (from both Sinhalese and Tamil perspectives).

Cultural Diversity in the US

The course should examine one or more of the following forms of differentiation: race/ethnicity, immigrant status, social class, gender, sexual orientation, religious affiliation. Which does it emphasize?

The course may emphasize a comparative perspective within a particular classification scheme (for example, African Americans and Hispanics). If so, please describe:

The course may examine the intersection between two or more of these means of differentiation (for example, race and immigrant status, minority status and sexual orientation). If so, please describe:

The course should address issues of inequality, stratification, and power. Please explain how it does so.

What is the primary method of analysis for the course? (For example, analysis of social scientific data, critical reading of literature, and so forth.)

Quantitative Data Analysis

Prerequisites

Who is the course intended for?

Sample assignments or exam questions.

Do students actively analyze and interpret quantitative data? Explain.

Do students interpret quantitative data to evaluate hypotheses and/or to understand phenomena in the real world? Explain.

What types of quantitative analyses are included in the course? For example, do students learn concepts of random variability and elementary level of statistical analysis of data?

Formal Reasoning

Do students learn formal structures of thought and how to apply them to understand phenomena in the real world? Explain.

If the course also engages students in the statistical analysis of empirical data, is the preponderance of attention give to formal structures implicated in deductive reasoning rather than on inductive reasoning from data to empirical generalizations? Explain.

Types of Analysis: What types of formal analysis are included in the course? For example, do students learn concepts of mathematics, formal logic, formal linguistics, computation and algorithmic thinking, decision theory, or some combination of these?

Administrative Fields

College reason for proposal

Committee

Committee Reader

Administrative Status

Reviewer Comments

History

Viewing: SAST 110 C1: Media and South Asia

Last approved: Wed, 26 Sep 2018 18:22:39 GMT

Last edit: Thu, 06 Sep 2018 14:26:41 GMT

Foundational Approach

Methods of Assessment

Cross Cultural Analysis

Cultural Diversity in the US

Quantitative Data Analysis

Formal Reasoning

Administrative Fields