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MS 9204   Special Topic: Cultural Studies and Political Economy: Conflict, Integration, Consequences

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This course addresses the notorious split within media studies between political economy and cultural studies.  It compares the positions of the founders (Raymond Williams, Theodor Adorno, Harold Innis) and also fo contemporary authorities (Lawrence Grossberg, Mark Poster, Stuart Hall, James Carey, Nicholas Garnham, Graham Murdock), drawing particularly on the medium theory of Harold Innis and the cultural materialism of Raymond Williams.

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