Watch and learn! Carefully selected media links will help bring key concepts and theories to life, preparing you for your studies and exams. 

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Audio Links

• On the Media: Tear Down That Firewall: As China’s influence grows and the internet spreads, U.S. corporate and government forces consider confronting China over their suppression of speech on the Internet.

• On the Media: Inside Al Jazeera America: This piece examines the creation of an American version of a foreign media outlet.

Video Links

• Glocal Scene: This documentary about the global local music scene follows the filmmakers as they connect with and meet musicians around the globe.

• This Land is Our Land: The Fight to Reclaim the Commons: This documentary looks at the global movement to reclaim the media commons from corporations, in order to support community engagement and the free exchange of ideas and information.

• Frontline: News War: War of Ideas: This episode looks at the growing impact of Arab news channels in the Middle East, and shows how media plays an important role in information wars in parts of the world other than the U.S.

• TED Talks: Shereen El Feki: Pop Culture in the Arab World: This talk discusses the hybridization of culture globally, showing how some Arabs are borrowing Western pop culture and adding their own twist.

• CNN, “K-Pop Goes Global”: CNN's Kyung Lah looks at how South Korea is cranking out pop stars, and how they are achieving global popularity.

Web Resources

• Columbia Journalism Review. Resources and Study Guides for Media Research.

• Committee to Protect Journalists. Monitors restrictions on press freedom worldwide.

• Index on Censorship. A British organization promoting freedom of expression.

• Indymedia. A network of collectively run media outlets.

• MediaCommons. A community network for scholars, students, and practitioners in media studies.