The current global media landscape is a complex web of multi-vocal, multimedia and multi-directional media flows. Through a series of lectures, case studies, discussions and interactive learning activities, students take an in-depth look at the role of the media and cultural industries in the processes of globalization and at the globalization of the media and cultural industries. Students develop an understanding of key theoretical approaches to globalization that range from claims of a ‘global public sphere’ to claims that ‘globalization is a myth’. Using a theoretically informed lens, reflective practice, and research, students analyze economic and technological changes within the global media and cultural industries, from the perspective of ownership and media policy and regulation. They examine the changing conditions for the production, distribution and reception of mediated communication with different media in various fields across the globe. Students explore the implications of transnational media and cultural flows, through empirical case studies. Throughout the course, particular attention is paid to cultures of media production and reception in the Muslim world.