This course concentrates on the concept of mass communication systems and the relationship between mass communication systems and the political-economic structure. At the end of this course, students will be able to identify and explain the concept of communication systems, analyze and discuss mass communication systems and the political economic structure relationship, develop an understanding of mass communication systems and the functioning of a democratic political system and also the intellectual basis and theories of communication systems, analyze and discuss the regulations that surround the mass communication and describe communication systems of different nations.