ARB 322 - Media in the Arabic World

Course focuses on various forms of news media in the Arab world such as newspapers, magazines, television commercials, video clips, television serials, and news broadcasts. Discussion includes themes such as gender issues, globalization, the Palestinian crisis, reconstruction in Iraq, the rise of Islam, and education, as well as evaluation of cartoons, advertisements, comic strips, television serials, and films. Students are taught to analyze, criticize, and evaluate media images consciously. Presentations and compositions are among the requirements.

Prerequisites & Notes
Arabic 202 or Permission of Instructor

Satisfies a minor requirement in Arabic; cultural diversity requirement; Asian Studies concentration and International Studies concentration (Middle East sections); and Communication Studies concentration.