The course takes place in period
1 (2023-08-01 to 2023-10-22)
Level/category
Teaching language
English
Type of course
Optional
Cycle/level of course
First
Recommended year of study
3
Total number of ECTS
5 cr
Competency aims
C. CRITICAL AND ANALYTICAL MEDIA INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE
Learning outcomes
Knowledge of:
- Main theories of society & technology
- Main concepts, issues, debates and methods
- Main interpretations of the relationship between society and technology
Skills:
- Analytical skills associated with critical epistemic competences (understanding, interpretation, formulation and communication of opinions, etc.).
- Interpretative skills: identification of relations of power associated to relations of meaning & the role of particular texts in the social construction of reality.
- Communicative skills: the formulation of knowledge-based opinions about relations between concepts & theories (e.g. media & democracy).
- Critical media skills, related to the understanding of the relation between media technology and media texts.
- Evaluative ethical skills to the evaluation of the social impact of both overt and or latent content of multimodal texts.
Approach:
- Critical attitudes towards digitalization & mediatization.
- predisposition to democratic communication and critical investigation.
- inclination to relate media work, production, distribution and consumption to issue of social justice and equality.
- Normative interest and commitment to the possibility of emancipative social change and a more equitable political economy of the media
Course contents
The main content of the course consists in an organized review of the main approach to digitalization and its impact on society
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Fluency in spoken and written English
Additional information
The course is in presence. If you cannot attend, please contact the teacher.
Recommended or required reading
Stocchetti, M. 2020. The Digital Age and Its Discontents, Helsinki University Press. Available open access:
https://hup.fi/site/books/10.33134/HUP-4/read/?loc=001.xhtml External link
Please contact the teacher for a more recommended readings
Study activities
- Lectures - 20 hours
- Individual- and group instruction - 5 hours
- Individual studies - 110 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
Assessment requirements
To pass the course the student needs to attend a minimum of 3 lectures out of 5, actively participate to discussions in class and write an essay. The final grade will be based on the final essay.
Teacher
Stocchetti Matteo
Examiner
Stocchetti Matteo
Home page of the course
Group size
No limit (6 students enrolled)
Assignments valid until
12 months after course has ended
The timetable of the course
Please see reservations below
Course enrolment period
2023-08-10 to 2023-09-06
Assessment methods
2021-10-06 - Reports and productions
Date | Time | Room | Title | Description | Organizer |
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2023-09-05 | 13:15 - 16:00 | B327 | Digitalization and Society | Stocchetti Matteo | |
2023-09-12 | 13:30 - 16:00 | B327 | Digitalization and Society | Stocchetti Matteo | |
2023-09-19 | 13:15 - 16:00 | B326 | Digitalization and Society | Stocchetti Matteo | |
2023-09-26 | 13:15 - 16:00 | B327 | Digitalization and Society | Stocchetti Matteo | |
2023-10-03 | 13:15 - 16:00 | B327 | Digitalization and Society | Stocchetti Matteo |