2025 Fall

MEDIAST 112 001 - LEC 001

Media Theories and Processes

Ian Kivelin Davis

Aug 27, 2025 - Dec 12, 2025

Tu, Th

09:30 am - 10:59 am

Physics Building 4

Class #:23629

Units: 4

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Studies

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 140

Enrolled: 0

Waitlisted: 0

Capacity: 140

Waitlist Max: 36

Open Reserved Seats:

10 reserved for Students with Enrollment Permission

130 reserved for Media Studies Majors

Hours & Workload

3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, 7 hours of outside work hours per week, and 2 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week.

Other classes by Ian Kivelin Davis

This course will familiarize you with the often-contentious history of media theory. At issue among scholars working within different theoretical and research traditions are core disagreements about what should be studied (institutions, texts, audiences, and/or technologies) and how media should be studied (for applied, “practical” purposes or with an eye that is critical of power and institutional structures). Course readings and lectures stress an understanding of these various research traditions by focusing on the cultural, historical, political, and social contexts surrounding them, the research models and methods used, and the findings and conclusions reached.

Class Notes

- During Phase I, most seats will be saved for declared Media Studies students only. Other interested students may place themselves on the waitlist.
- Remaining reserved seats will be released during Phase 2 of enrollment.
- Enrollment Permission seats are saved for emergencies and will be released much closer to the start of class instruction.
- Freshmen are not permitted to enroll in this course.

For more information on the enrollment process for this course, please visit https://mediastudies.ugis.berkeley.edu/course-enrollment-information/ show less