The course is included in these curricula and study modules
- Media culture 2016 - Introduction to media culture
- Media culture 2017 - Introduction to media culture
- Media culture 2017 (media analysis) - Introduction to media culture
- Media culture 2018 (media analysis) - Introduction to media culture
- Media culture 2018 - Introduction to media culture
- Cultural management 2019 - Culture and communication
- Cultural management 2020 - Culture and communication
- Cultural management 2021 (plan for year 2-4) - Culture and communication
- Cultural management 2021 (new) - Innovation, culture and media
- Cultural management 2022 - Innovation, culture and media
- Cultural management 2023 - Innovation, culture and media
- Film and media 2019 - Introduction to media culture
- Film and media 2020 - Introduction to media culture
- Film and media 2021 (online media) - Introduktion to storytelling
- Film and media 2021 (film) - Introduktion to storytelling
- Film and media 2022 (film) - Introduktion to storytelling
- Film and media 2022 (online media) - Introduktion to storytelling
- Film and media 2023 (online media) - Introduktion to storytelling
- Film and media 2023 (film) - Introduktion to storytelling
The course takes place in period
- 3 (2023-01-01 to 2023-03-19)
- 4 (2023-03-20 to 2023-07-31)
Level/category
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
C. CRITICAL AND ANALYTICAL MEDIA INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE
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 a continuously updated
learning diary which students discuss their
subjective thoughts and views 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 course runs over two periods. Every
other week, is lecture based and every week we see
a movie related to the theory. Each theory
lesson based on short excerpts (10-20 pages)
from classic media texts, which
the student has two weeks to read. The goal is
that we can have a good discussion on the
subject during the related lessons.
Prerequisites and co-requisites
None
Previous course names
.
Additional information
The course uses a "Flipped Classroom" didactics and
it is planned in tandem with the Ethcis course that
runs parallel during period 3. The course has a lot
of reading and viewing material and is therefore
planned for the whole of spring (running over both
periods 3 and 4)
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.
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.
Curran J, Fenton N and Freedman D (2016)
Misunderstanding the Internet. 2 edition.
Abingdon, Oxon ; New
York, NY: Routledge.
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.
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.
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.
Study activities
- Lectures - 30 hours
- Project- and production work/artistic activities - 30 hours
- Individual studies - 30 hours
- Internet-based studies - 20 hours
- - 25 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 groupwork examinations and pass
the learning diary
requirements.
Teacher
- Grönvall John
- Lindfors Kauko
- Löv Monica
Examiner
Grönvall John
Home page of the course
Group size
No limit (59 students enrolled)
Assignments valid until
12 months after course has ended
The timetable of the course
Hej, välkommen med! Kursen inleds med en film
("The Truman
Show") som du tittar på på egen hand.
Därefter följer den första lektionen, den
liksom alla lektioner hålls via Zoom. På distans.
mvh
Pluti
Course enrolment period
2022-12-16 to 2023-01-10
Assessment methods
- Date will be announced later - Reports and productions
- Date will be announced later - Other assignments
Date | Time | Room | Title | Description | Organizer |
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2023-01-13 | 09:15 - 12:00 | Mediehistoria | Hålls på Zoom | Grönvall John | |
2023-01-27 | 09:15 - 12:00 | Mediehistoria | På Zoom | Grönvall John | |
2023-02-10 | 09:15 - 12:00 | Mediehistoria | på Zoom | Grönvall John | |
2023-02-24 | 09:15 - 13:00 | Mediehistoria | På Zoom | Grönvall John | |
2023-03-03 | 09:15 - 12:00 | Mediehistoria | På Zoom | Grönvall John | |
2023-03-10 | 09:15 - 12:00 | Mediehistoria | På Zoom | Grönvall John | |
2023-03-17 | 09:15 - 12:00 | Mediehistoria | På Zoom | Grönvall John | |
2023-04-06 | 09:15 - 12:00 | Mediehistoria | På Zoom | Grönvall John | |
2023-05-12 | 09:15 - 12:00 | Mediehistoria | På Zoom | Grönvall John | |
2023-05-19 | 12:15 - 16:00 | Mediehistoria | På Zoom | Grönvall John |