6 ECTS credits
180 u studietijd
Aanbieding 1 met studiegidsnummer 1021436CER voor alle studenten in het 1e semester
met een gespecialiseerd bachelor niveau.
- Semester
- 1e semester
- Inschrijving onder examencontract
- Mogelijk
- Beoordelingsvoet
- Beoordeling (0 tot 20)
- 2e zittijd mogelijk
- Ja
- Inschrijvingsvereisten
- Students who want to enroll for this course, must have passed for ‘Critical thinking in Communication Studies’ and must have obtained at least 30 ECTS-credits on bachelor level.
There are no requisites for students from the Dutch bachelor of Political and Social Sciences.
- Onderwijstaal
- Engels
- Onder samenwerkingsakkoord
- Onder interuniversitair akkoord mbt. opleiding
- Faculteit
- Faculteit Sociale Wetensch & SolvayBusinessSchool
- Verantwoordelijke vakgroep
- Communicatiewetenschappen
- Externe partnerinstelling(en)
- Universiteit Gent
- Onderwijsteam
- Frederik Dhaenens
(titularis)
- Onderdelen en contacturen
- 0 contacturen Exam
30 contacturen Lecture
150 contacturen Self study
- Inhoud
In order to understand the political-economic and socio-cultural meanings of media and communication in contemporary societies, we must look at and learn from the past. This course offers the students different historical perspectives on media and communication, and demonstrates and illustrates how these historical insights can help us understand contemporary mediated phenomena.
The aim of this course is threefold. First of all, it introduces students to different tendencies and ‘theoretical milestones’ within media and communication history. Second, by elaborating on the notion of multiple histories, this course demonstrates that there is no singular way of writing (and rewriting) media and communication history. It criticizes the hegemony of certain historical accounts and argues that shifting the focus from technology over economy to socio-cultural concerns may result in different histories. To this end, the course zooms in on a selection of themes, events and concepts that return throughout the histories of media and communication and analyzes how they changed, developed and/or were challenged. Themes, topics and practices that may be explored: Propaganda, moral panic and media panic, stardom and celebrity culture, histories of radio, the commodification of music, the genre of historical fiction. Last, the course stimulates students in assuming a critical position towards historical accounts on media and communication histories and acquiring insight into the complexities of historical and contemporary trends in the development of media and communication.
- Studiemateriaal
- Digitaal cursusmateriaal (Vereist) : downloadable powerpoint slides
Digitaal cursusmateriaal (Vereist) : additional scholarly literature (max. 2 book chapters or articles per seminar)
- Bijkomende info
This course draws on the following learning methods:
- Lecture: The introductory lectures introduce students to key concepts, theories, and various historical perspectives on media and communication. The thematic lectures demonstrate various historical perspectives by discussing particular themes, concepts and practices into depth.
- Self-reliant study activities: Students individually and independently process and assess additional scholarly literature that deals with the content of the course.
- Leerresultaten
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General Competences
Final competences
- Being able to describe the key concepts, historical developments and important theories that deal with media and communication history.
- Being able to demonstrate the multilayered and complex character of historical phenomena related to media and communication.
- Being able to demonstrate a critical attitude towards media histories.
- Being able to argue what the relevance is of media and communication studies for the analysis of contemporary problems and, as such, demonstrate the societal role and responsibility of a media and communication scholar.
- Beoordelingsinformatie
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De beoordeling bestaat uit volgende opdrachtcategorieën:
Examen Schriftelijk bepaalt 100% van het eindcijfer
Binnen de categorie Examen Schriftelijk dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:
- Written Exam
met een wegingsfactor 1
en aldus 100% van het totale eindcijfer.
- Aanvullende info mbt evaluatie
This course uses one examination method: the written exam. The exam consists of questions of reproduction, insight and application:
- The questions of reproduction and insight test the student’s knowledge and understanding of the key concepts, important theories, and histories.
- The questions of application evaluates the student’s abilities to apply the key concepts onto contemporary, relevant events within contemporary media culture.
- Toegestane onvoldoende
- Kijk in het aanvullend OER van je faculteit na of een toegestane onvoldoende mogelijk is voor dit opleidingsonderdeel.
Academische context
Deze aanbieding maakt deel uit van de volgende studieplannen:
Bachelor of Social Sciences: Communication Studies (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)