This coıurse will examine the production, circulation and consumption of news in an increasingly globalized media environment. The issues covered will include a) global news agencies and the struggle for control of domestic news markets b) changing practices of journalism and institutional frameworks of news-work in the sattelite age c) television news as discourse: visuals, sounds, stories d) between news and entertainment: tabloid news and talk-shows e) interpretive frameworks of audiences f) news, public spheres and the democratic project.