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
- Media culture 2014 - Common professional studies for media culture
- Media culture 2015 - Common professional studies for media culture
- Media culture 2016 - Common professional studies for media culture
- Media culture 2017 - Common professional studies for media culture
- Media culture 2017 (media analysis) - Common professional studies for media culture
- Media culture 2018 (media analysis) - Common professional studies for media culture
- Media culture 2018 - Common professional studies for media culture
- 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 media 2019 - Common professional studies for media culture
- Film and media 2020 - Common professional studies for media culture
- Film and media 2021 (online media) - Critical refelction for the future
- Film and media 2021 (film) - Critical refelction for the future
- Film and media 2022 (film) - Critical refelction for the future
- Film and media 2022 (online media) - Critical refelction for the future
The course takes place in period
2 (2023-10-23 to 2023-12-31)
Level/category
Teaching language
English
Type of course
Compulsory
Cycle/level of course
First
Recommended year of study
2
Total number of ECTS
5 cr
Competency aims
C. CRITICAL AND ANALYTICAL MEDIA INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE
Learning outcomes
Knowledge of: - the main interpretative theories that apply to media texts; - the main concepts and other intellectual tools to the critical analysis of media texts; - the main critical approaches to media studies to problem relating to the production, distribution and consumption of media texts
Skills: - Analytical skills associated with critical epistemic competences (understanding, interpretation, formulation and communication of opinions, etc.). - Communicative skills: the formulation of knowledge-based opinions about media and media texts based on systematic and critical analysis of media and media texts. - Critical media literacy skills, related to the understanding, and critical usage of media texts. ? Interpretative skills applied to the role of the media in the social construction of society - Evaluative ethical skills to the evaluation of the social impact of both overt and or latent content of multimodal texts.
Attitudes: - predisposition to democratic communication and critical investigation. - inclination to relate media work, production, distribution and consumption to issue of social justice and equality
Course contents
What?s critical in critical media analysis?
The social construction of the world: from
information to knowledge
Media Histories
Media & Theories
Interpretative Approaches: Semiotics, Marxism,
Psychoanalysis
Visual communication
The postmodern condition
Media, Power and Professional Responsibility
Prerequisites and co-requisites
The course is entirely in English. Effective
participation requires a good control of written and
spoken English.
Previous course names
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Additional information
Please note that attendance of the course lectures
is compulsory. To qualify for credits, students have
to attend no less than 80% of the course.
Recommended or required reading
The course textbook is the following:
Stocchetti Matteo and Karin Kukkonen (2011) Critical
Media Analysis, Peter Lang.
Study activities
- Lectures - 30 hours
- Individual studies - 100 hours
- Internet-based studies - 5 hours
- Practical training - 0 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
- Exams (written-, oral-, home-)
- Essays, reports, productions and portfolio
Assessment requirements
Students assessment and grading is based on four
elements: attendance (at least 80%) and three
exercises. The first exercise consists of tests on
the textbook. The second exercise consists in
reading & comprehension on selected articles. The
third is a short essay on a book of choice from a
list that will be published at the beginning of
the course.
Teacher
Stocchetti Matteo
Examiner
Stocchetti Matteo
Home page of the course
Group size
No limit (47 students enrolled)
Assignments valid until
12 months after course has ended
Course enrolment period
2023-10-09 to 2023-11-05
Assessment methods
- Date of examination will be announced later - Exams
- Date will be announced later - Reports and productions
Date | Time | Room | Title | Description | Organizer |
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2023-10-23 | 13:15 - 16:00 | D173 | Critical Media Analysis | Stocchetti Matteo | |
2023-10-25 | 09:15 - 12:00 | A511 | Critical Media Analysis | Stocchetti Matteo | |
2023-10-30 | 13:15 - 16:00 | D173 | Critical Media Analysis | Stocchetti Matteo | |
2023-11-01 | 09:15 - 12:00 | F249 | Critical Media Analysis | Stocchetti Matteo | |
2023-11-06 | 13:15 - 16:00 | D173 | Critical Media Analysis | Stocchetti Matteo | |
2023-11-08 | 09:15 - 12:00 | B518 | Critical Media Analysis | Stocchetti Matteo | |
2023-11-13 | 13:15 - 16:00 | D173 | Critical Media Analysis | Stocchetti Matteo | |
2023-11-15 | 09:15 - 12:00 | D4106 | Critical Media Analysis | Stocchetti Matteo | |
2023-11-20 | 13:15 - 16:00 | D173 | Critical Media Analysis | Stocchetti Matteo | |
2023-11-22 | 09:15 - 12:00 | B518 | Critical Media Analysis | Stocchetti Matteo | |
2023-11-27 | 13:15 - 16:00 | D173 | Critical Media Analysis | Stocchetti Matteo | |
2023-11-29 | 09:15 - 12:00 | A409 | Critical Media Analysis | Stocchetti Matteo | |
2023-12-04 | 13:15 - 16:00 | D173 | Critical Media Analysis | Stocchetti Matteo |