How do popular music, cinema, news, and other forms of entertainment media get made? What makes an internet meme successful? How does “fake news” get generated and disseminated around the world? What role do digital media play in social revolutions and other forms of political change? CMNS 130 Explorations in Communication, looks at these questions and more, examining the social, political, and economic dimensions of communication media in society. communication transform traditional relationships between mass media and society.