Emphasis in Media Industries

New digital technologies, viewing platforms, and consumption habits have dramatically affected the structure and dynamics of the entertainment industries. Students in the Media Industries area of emphasis analyze the growing integration of storytelling, advertising, brands, and audiences within the current film and media landscape, with a particular focus on corporate structure, production culture and regulation. Grounded in the Humanities, this track culminates in a capstone experience in which students produce a research paper or design a creative project on a subject related to the contemporary media industries.

The Media Industries area is supervised by Professor Kevin Sandler. For more information on this area of emphasis, you may contact him at: Kevin.Sandler@asu.edu.

FMS majors complete 12 credit hours, or four courses, in their area of emphasis.

Refer to the Schedule of Classes for availability.

300 Level • FMS 300 Media and Cultural Studies (HU, L) • FMS 302 US Media Now • FMS 327 American Jews in U.S. Media and Policy • FMS 351 Emerging Digital Media • FMS 394 Canadian Popular Culture • FMS 394 Fan Cultures • FMS 394 Mobile Media

400 Level • FMS 440 Los Angeles: Movies and Culture (HU, C, G, H) • FMS 450 Technology, Culture and Media (HU, L) • FMS 480 Globalization, Technology and Culture (HU) • FMS 481 Entertainment Technologies • FMS 482 Entertainment Industries • FMS 483 Techno-Entertainment Convergences • FMS 494 Television Theory • FMS 494 Television Studies: Reality TV Rituals • FMS 499 Individualized Instruction