Bachar

/ Fall 25-26 / SyllabusCourse Outline Course DescriptionIn this course, we will explore the stories and issues that sit at the intersection of media, law, and ethics. From the newsroom to the film set to the viewer’s couch, we will look at the ethical questions that float around the productions and consumptions of modern media.…

/ Spring 24-25 / SyllabusCourse Outline Course DescriptionOur everyday lives, from work to love, art, health, learning, movement, and more are partially or completely mediated through digital technology. This has led many to declare our world and age, a digital one. But when exactly does something become digital? What does it actually mean to be…

/ Spring 24-25 / SyllabusCourse Outline Course DescriptionThis course aims to establish a thorough understanding of media ethics as globally understood and standardized. It engages with ethical dilemmas that media workers face in their career and unpacks legal concepts and frameworks that govern the media industry. The course explores the ethical guidelines and social responsibilities…

/ Spring 24-25 / SyllabusCourse Outline Course DescriptionWhat does it mean to study media historically? The answer lies in examining media not just as a series of technological developments but also as the practices, networks, and communities that form around them. This class will introduce students to the field and to the practice of media…

/ Fall 24-25 / SyllabusSyllabus Adjusted (September War)Course Sheet Course DescriptionWhat exactly is the relationship between media and the environment? Will digital media platforms help solve the global climate crisis or, on the contrary, are media just material burdens on the environment, destroying natural reserves and polluting the world with toxic waste? In this course,…

/ Fall 24-25 / SyllabusSyllabus Adjusted (September War)Course Sheet Course DescriptionRace and media have developed along closely interlinked paths. From white Shirleys dominating the development of film photography to drone operators ending lives from thousands of kilometres away, the intersections of media and race have, and continue to shape how we understand the world today.…

/ Spring 23-24 / SyllabusClass Sheet Course DescriptionOur daily communications, jobs, intimate relations, purchases, health, education, and transport have come to be partially or completely mediated through digital technology. The technologies, protocols, practices, and infrastructures that undergird this global regime of life are often subsumed under totalising narratives of global villages and cyber-dystopias. In this…