As a core course for first year students in CARIMAC’s undergraduate degree programmes, this course focuses discussion on the existing and emerging issues, themes and challenges facing Caribbean societies and the role played by a technologically driven media and communication industry. Students interface with the scholarly contributions of Caribbean scholars and thinkers to the ongoing discussion of communication, media, society and culture. Topics include The Meaning of Meaning, Representation as Re-presentation, Globalization, Envelopment and Development.