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Mass Media in Spain
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This Course is Available through these Programs:
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International Business
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Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
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Spanish Language & Culture
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Academic Institution: CEA GlobalCampus: Barcelona
Location: Barcelona, SpainPrimary Subject Area: Spanish Language & Literature
Other Subject Area(s): Communication, Journalism, History, Political Science
Level(s): 300
UNH Course Code: SPN356
Instruction in: Spanish
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 45
Prerequisites: Intermediate Spanish II or the equivalent of at least four semesters of college level Spanish
Description
This course will examine the role of the mass media in modern day Spain and its evolution over the last three decades since the end of Franco's dictatorship in 1975. After the political transition (1975-1977) led to the consolidation of a democratic state, the mass communications system in Spain has undergone extraordinary changes and now resembles the media-politics model common in other Western European countries. As an alternative way of tracing the contemporary history of Spain, the course will compare the mass media complex in Spain to that of the US, enabling you to better situate the Spanish case and to set up a contrast between a Mediterranean media model and a so-called Atlantic media model.
The course is divided into three modules. The initial module leads up to the midterm exam and deals with the Francoist heritage of the Spanish press, the media situation in Madrid v Barcelona (is it comparable to Washington v New York?) and contemporary debates surrounding the sports press and the free press phenomenon. The second block takes us to the audiovisual media where both the history and present situation of radio and television broadcasting will be analyzed. The final third of the course takes a look at contemporary debates in media such as the role of advertising in Spanish society, the cinema industry and the new media forms (Podcasts, videoblogs, Facebook, iPods . . .) which are transforming the mass communications landscape.
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