CINE 240 Cinema & Global Media Culture This course examines the impact of global media culture on cinema history and aesthetics. Topics may include cinematic adaptations of video games, graphic novels, or television series, as well as an analysis of how distribution models and international film festivals help determine cinematic form and audience reception. Course may be repeated as topics change. Students will research and write papers and be involved in a number of other in-class and online research activities to help them engage actively with the topics.