Not necesary.

1. Knowledge of the status of audiovisual narratives and their circulation in a highly globalized world. 2. Understanding the role played by states and audiovisual companies in contemporary geopolitics. 3. Understanding and analysis of the phenomena of transnationalisation in the audiovisual field. 4. Analysis and reflection on the transformations of the audiovisual industry in the era of online platforms.

The course proposes the study of the relations established at the international level by the major contemporary geopolitical actors (mainly the States, but not exclusively) in the field of the audiovisual industry. Understanding that audiovisual goods and services intrinsically have a double dimension: a cultural dimension -symbolic and identitarian- and an economic dimension. To this end, from a historical perspective dating back to the first decades of the last century, and based on the tradition of studies in communication and culture, the course reviews the processes led by different countries and companies in their quest to increase/limit the political influence and economic benefits derived from the international circulation of audiovisual goods and services. Focusing on the film and television industries, 'Geopolitics of the Audiovisual' reviews notions such as communication policies, soft power, public diplomacy, cultural imperialism, cultural proximity or audiovisual diversity. 1.- Transnationalisation of cultural industries 2.- Cultural imperialism. 3.- Platform imperialism. 4.- Netflix: a new agent of imperialism? 5.- Netflix in Latin America. 6.- Netflix as a political actor.

Master classes accompanied by presentations and audiovisual resources. Students' reading of reference texts (in English and Spanish): presentation and discussion in class. Work and oral presentation on a subject of the student's choice. Debate.