• The major applies perspectives from liberal arts disciplines in the social sciences and humanities to examine the central role that media plays in the economic, social, political, and cultural life of citizens in modern societies.
  • The emphasis in this major is historical and theoretical, examining media systems, institutions, policies, and practices and offer students the analytical tools available to examine media—old and new, local to global—as well as media consumption and meaning-making processes.
  • The program weds traditions from communication, history, anthropology, sociology, and political science with critical and cultural studies theory to analyze and assess the role and meaning of media in contemporary societies.