The course takes place in period

  • 1 (2019-08-01 to 2019-10-27)
  • 2 (2019-10-28 to 2019-12-31)

Level/category

Professional studies

Teaching language

Swedish

Type of course

Compulsory

Cycle/level of course

First

Recommended year of study

1

Total number of ECTS

5 cr

Competency aims

The aims of the course are:
Knowledge and understanding
After completing the course, students
should:
- be able to account for central
perspectives in media history,
- be able to account for the Western
media historical development
- be able to to reflect on how the
media
shaped by the history and the importance
of these media had
for man

Skills and Abilities
After completing the course, students
should:
- be able to produce an independent
essay on the subject matter
- be able to verbally discuss and
problematize media history
literature with others

Evaluation ability and approach
After completing the course, students
should:
- be able to apply a critical approach
to their environment,- relate the
media historical knowledge to
socially relevant and universal social
problem areas.

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student is
expected to be able to
understand how media and communication
has helped to shape
our communities through the period of
late modernity.

Course contents

The course gives a first overview of
Media and Communication as
fields of study and presents selected
concepts, theories, traditions
and
central sources in the literature. It
follows the development of the
social,
technological, economic and political
events through history.
Some basic media theoretical concepts
are introduced to each
lesson for after qualifying courses
allow the student to
creating a critical perspective on media
and communication
world works today.
Special focus is on the mass media, film
history, the Internet
development and social media
functionality and interaction
society.

The subject is vast and the course aims
to a
basic plan to create an understanding of
the role of media in the
modern
communities. In addition, treated the
social impact of new
forms of communication and information
dissemination is, from
invention of the printing press to the
global
communication networks and mobile
applications of social
media we have today. Woven into the
course are a solid
background literature that serves as the
gateway for those who want
to learn
more about the subject. The course is
therefore a natural introduction
to the
academic thinking and writing. In
addition, every two weeks
of course, be a film screening as
parallel connects theories
with important contemporary works in
film history.

To the content should not be a list of
dates and events intertwine
the historical development of media in a
discussion about how
development of media affects the man as
an individual and
members of society. The sociological
reasoning describes
Thus, the impact and relevance of the
media history
development that has resulted in the
mediatised society
we have today.

The examination consists of an essay in
which students discuss two
of
the traditions that are represented in
the course, their relevance; the
ways in which they have developed; how
they have been applied, and
how they can
evaluated in terms of the contemporary
media environment
(technically,
organizational, textually,
analytically). The essay is written
individually in scope 10-15 pages and
will discuss rather
but to summarize the main points of the
arguments.

Disposition weekly
The course runs over two periods. Every
other week, it
lecture based and every week we see a
movie
relates to the theory. Each theory
lesson based on short extracts (10-
20
s) from the classic media texts which
the student has two weeks
to read. The goal is that we can have a
good discussion on the
subject in
lesson.

Prerequisites and co-requisites

None

Additional information

The course uses a "Flipped Classroom"
didactic.

Recommended or required reading

Baudrillard J (1995) Simulacra and
Simulation. University of Michigan
Press.
Benjamin W (2010) The Work of Art in the
Age of Mechanical
Reproduction. CreateSpace.
Bourdieu P (1999) On Television. New
York: New Press, The.
Briggs A and Burke P (2010) A Social
History of the Media: From
Gutenberg to the Internet. 3 edition.
Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA:
Polity.
Bronner SE (2011) Critical Theory: A
Very Short Introduction. 1st
edition. New York, N.Y: Oxford
University Press.
Clooney G (2005) Good Night, and Good
Luck. Biography, Drama,
History.
Curran J, Fenton N and Freedman D (2016)
Misunderstanding the
Internet. 2 edition. Abingdon, Oxon ; New
York, NY: Routledge.
Fiennes S (2013) The Pervert?s Guide to
Ideology. Documentary.
Fiske J (2010) The John Fiske
Collection: Introduction to
Communication Studies. 3 edition.
London ; New York: Routledge.
Fuchs C (2013) Social Media: A Critical
Introduction. Los Angeles:
SAGE Publications Ltd.
Gripsrud J (2011) Mediekultur och
mediesamhälle. 3 edition.
Göteborg: Bokförlaget Daidalos.
Hjarvard S (2008) The Mediatization of
Society. Nordicom Review
29(2): 105?134.
Joost H and Schulman A (2010) Catfish.
Documentary.
Juhani W (2014) Den finska televisionens
milstolpar : program och
programproduktion under fem årtionden.
Göteborg : Helsingfors:
Nordicom.
McLuhan M and Gordon WT (2003)
Understanding Media: The
Extensions of Man : Critical Edition.
Critical edition. Corte Madera,
CA: Gingko Press.
Nord L, Strömbäck J, Allern S, et al.
(2012) Medierna och demokratin.
2 edition. Lund: Studentlitteratur AB.
Peim N (2007) Walter Benjamin in the Age
of Digital Reproduction:
Aura in Education: A Rereading of ?The
Work of Art in the Age of
Mechanical Reproduction?. Journal of
Philosophy of Education 41(3):
363?380.
Roberts JM (2014) New Media and Public
Activism: Neoliberalism,
the
State and Radical Protest in the Public
Sphere. Policy Press.
Stocchetti M and Kukkonen K (2010)
Critical Media Analysis: An
Introduction for Media Professionals.
Peter Lang Pub Incorporated.
Thompson JB (2002) Medierna och
moderniteten. Göteborg:
Bokförlaget Daidalos.
Tyldum M (2014) The Imitation Game.
Biography, Drama, Thriller.
Wachowski Lana and Wachowski Lilly
(1999) The Matrix. Action, Sci-
Fi.
Welles O (1941) Citizen Kane. Drama,
Mystery.

Study activities

  • Lectures - 30 hours
  • Practical exercises - 15 hours
  • Project- and production work/artistic activities - 40 hours
  • Individual studies - 30 hours
  • - 20 hours

Workload

  • Total workload of the course: 135 hours
  • Of which autonomous studies: 135 hours
  • Of which scheduled studies: 0 hours

Mode of Delivery

Participation in tuition

Assessment methods

  • Essays, reports, productions and portfolio
  • Learning diary and group assignments.

Assessment requirements

To pass the course, the student must
participate in class,
pass the 10 part examinations and pass
the learning diary
requirements.

Teacher

  • Grönvall John
  • Lindfors Kauko
  • Löv Monica

Examiner

Grönvall John

Group size

No limit (57 students enrolled)

Assignments valid until

12 months after course has ended

The timetable of the course

Kursen inleds med en filmvisning ("The
Truman Show") i lilla
auditoriet F249 den 29.08.2019 kl
10:30-12:30
Därefter följer den första lektionen som
är i DIAK 100m mot centrum
från Arcada. Måndagen 2.9 kl 8:30 -
12:00.
Vi träffas i Aulan i DIAK. Lektionen är
i rum 322 i DIAK.

Course enrolment period

2019-08-12 to 2019-09-08

Assessment methods

  • Date will be announced later - Reports and productions
  • Date will be announced later - Other assignments
Room reservations
Date Time Room Title Description Organizer
2019-08-29 10:30 - 12:30 F143 Mediehistoria Film. Hallgren Niclas
Löv Monica
2019-09-02 08:30 - 11:30 DIAK Mediehistoria DIAK i rum 322. Grönvall John
2019-09-02 16:15 - 19:00 F143 Mediehistoria Grönvall John
Hallgren Niclas
Löv Monica
2019-09-09 08:30 - 11:30 DIAK Mediehistoria DIAK rum 331 Grönvall John
2019-09-09 16:15 - 19:00 F143 Mediehistoria Grönvall John
Hallgren Niclas
Löv Monica
2019-09-16 13:00 - 16:00 DIAK Mediehistoria DIAK rum 322 Grönvall John
2019-09-16 16:15 - 19:00 F143 Mediehistoria Grönvall John
Hallgren Niclas
Löv Monica
2019-09-23 13:00 - 16:00 Mediehistoria OBS! DIAK Rum 222. Grönvall John
2019-09-23 16:15 - 19:00 F143 Mediehistoria Grönvall John
Hallgren Niclas
Löv Monica
2019-09-30 13:00 - 16:00 DIAK Mediehistoria DIAK "Kaarre -3vån" Grönvall John
2019-09-30 16:15 - 19:00 F143 Mediehistoria Grönvall John
Hallgren Niclas
Löv Monica
2019-10-07 13:00 - 16:00 DIAK Mediehistoria DIAK rum 222 Grönvall John
2019-10-07 16:15 - 19:00 F143 Mediehistoria Grönvall John
Hallgren Niclas
Löv Monica
2019-10-14 13:00 - 16:00 DIAK Mediehistoria DIAK rum 327 Grönvall John
2019-10-14 16:45 - 19:15 F143 Mediehistoria Grönvall John
Hallgren Niclas
Löv Monica
2019-10-21 13:00 - 16:00 DIAK Mediehistoria DIAK rum 332 Grönvall John
2019-10-21 16:00 - 18:30 F143 Mediehistoria Grönvall John
Hallgren Niclas
Löv Monica
2019-11-08 13:00 - 16:00 DIAK Mediehistoria DIAK rum 331 Grönvall John
2019-11-15 09:30 - 12:00 F143 Mediehistoria Grönvall John
Hallgren Niclas
Löv Monica
2019-11-15 13:00 - 16:00 DIAK Mediehistoria DIAK rum 331 Grönvall John
2019-12-11 09:15 - 12:00 A211 Mediehistoria Lindfors Kauko
2019-12-13 09:15 - 12:30 A211 Mediehistoria Lindfors Kauko
2019-12-16 13:15 - 16:00 A211 Mediehistoria Lindfors Kauko

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