The course is included in these curricula and study modules
- Media culture 2007 (scriptwriting) - Media fundamentals
- Media culture 2007 (directing) - Media fundamentals
- Media culture 2007 (cinematography and editing) - Media fundamentals
- Media culture 2007 (production) - Media fundamentals
- Media culture 2007 (audio production) - Media fundamentals
- Media culture 2007 (digital multimedia) - Media fundamentals
- Media culture 2008 (scriptwriting) - Media fundamentals
- Media culture 2008 (cinematography) - Media fundamentals
- Media culture 2008 (directing) - Media fundamentals
- Media culture 2008 (production) - Media fundamentals
- Media culture 2008 (audio) - Media fundamentals
- Media culture 2008 (digital multimedia) - Media fundamentals
- Film and tv 2009 (directing) - Media analysis and critique
- Film and tv 2009 (scriptwriting) - Media analysis and critique
- Film and tv 2009 (cinematography and editing) - Media analysis and critique
- Film and tv 2009 (sound and music) - Media analysis and critique
- Film and tv 2009 (producing films) - Media analysis and critique
- Film and tv 2009 (online media) - Media analysis and critique
- Film and tv 2010 (sound and music) - Media analysis and critique
- Film and tv 2010 (scriptwriting) - Media analysis and critique
- Film and tv 2010 (cinematography and editing) - Media analysis and critique
- Film and tv 2010 (online media) - Media analysis and critique
- Film and tv 2010 (producing films) - Media analysis and critique
- Film and tv 2010 (directing) - Media analysis and critique
- Film and tv 2011 (sound and music) - Media analysis and critique
- Film and tv 2011 (cinematography and editing) - Media analysis and critique
- Film and tv 2011 (producing films) - Media analysis and critique
- Film and tv 2011 (scriptwriting) - Media analysis and critique
- Film and tv 2011 (online media) - Media analysis and critique
- Film and tv 2011 (directing) - Media analysis and critique
- Film and tv 2012 (producing films) - Media analysis and critique
- Film and tv 2012 (scriptwriting and directing) - Media analysis and critique
- Film and tv 2012 (cinematography and editing) - Media analysis and critique
- Film and tv 2012 (online media) - Media analysis and critique
- Film and tv 2012 (sound and music) - Media analysis and critique
Level/category
Teaching language
Swedish
Type of course
Compulsory
Recommended year of study
1
Total number of ECTS
5 cr
Competency aims
The aim of the course is to provide the student with the
fundamental tools necessary to function within in an academic
environment; this means to be able to construct research
questions and to use these in order to analyze empirical media
material.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student will be familiar with some of
the central concepts within the area of cultural studies/media
culture.
Course contents
The course introduces the student to some crucial concepts
within media culture studies:
– power
– presentation and representation
– stereotypes, identity, ethnicity and nationalism
– audience
– media as ritual production and ritual communication
– gender studies
Prerequisites and co-requisites
none
Previous course names
none
Additional information
80% attendance required
Recommended or required reading
Mediayhteiskunta, Seppänen, Janne och Väliverronen, Esa, 2012,
Vastapaino.
Mediesamhället, centrala begrepp, Berglez, Peter och Olauson,
Ulrika. 2009, Studentlitteratur.
Valda artiklar och föreläsningsmaterial.
Study activities
- Lectures - 18 hours
- Practical exercises - 4 hours
- Individual studies - 35 hours
- - 25 hours
Workload
- Total workload of the course: 82 hours
- Of which autonomous studies: 82 hours
- Of which scheduled studies: 0 hours
Mode of Delivery
Participation in tuition
Assessment methods
Exams (written-, oral-, home-)
Teacher
Räisä Tiina
Examiner
Räisä Tiina
Group size
No limit
Assignments valid until
Until further notice
Assessment methods
2012-12-11 - Exams