SFB50316 Media Studies (Spring 2022)

The course is connected to the following study programs

• Compulsory course in Bachelor's Programme in International Communication.

• Compulsory course for Bachelor`s Programme in Digital Media and Design, with specialisation in communication

• Optional course for international students.

Lecture Semester

• Bachelor's Programme in International Communication 2nd semester (spring).

• Bachelor`s Programme in Digital Media and Design: 2nd semester (spring).

The student's learning outcomes after completing the course

Knowledge

The candidate

• has a very sound understanding of the social role of the media and of the hallmarks of modern media dramaturgy.

• understand the way the media desks think and function and how modern media coverage is created both national and international.

Skills

The candidate

• is skilled in analyzing media coverage and the role of the media in general, and in judging the media coverage of individual cases.

General competence

The candidate

• understand the social role of the media and the way the media think and function.

• has an ethical perspective on the role of the media.

Content

• Media theories and analysis

• The role of the media

• Media dramaturgy

• Media Events

• Media Framing

• Genre knowledge

• The globalized media picture

• Media ethics

Forms of teaching and learning

Lectures, discussions, written media analysis performed as a group work or individually and tutorials.

Workload

The course will give the student approximately 280 hours of work

Practical training/internship

None

Coursework requirements - conditions for taking the exam

• A media analysis performed individually or as group work.

The coursework must be approved before signing up for the final exam.

Examination

The assignment is a media analysis of 2000-3000 words (excluding front page, table of contents and reference list). The assignment must be written in English. The course instructor gives detailed information about the assignment. 

Examiners

One external and one internal or two internal examinators.

Conditions for resit/rescheduled exams

In the case of a Fail, the candidate may improve the assignment and resubmit it at a new exam.

If candidates wish to improve their grade a new assignment must be submitted at the next regular exam.

Course evaluation

The course is evaluated by the students each semester in accordance with HiØ's quality procedures.

Literature

Last update December 2018.

• Schudson, M. (2011) The sociology of news, New York: Norton

Articles posted on the learning platform - among these:

• Baran, S. J. (2015) Introduction to mass communication, media literacy and culture 8e, Boston, Mass:McGraw-Hill Higher Education

• Dayan, D. & Katz, E. (1992) Media Events - The live broadcasting of history, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press

• Enli, G. (2015). Mediated authenticity: How the media constructs reality. New York: Peter Lang Publishing Group

• Hornnes, E. S. (2012) When women have to apologize¿, in Allern, Sigurd, & Ester Pollack. (red) Scandalous! : The mediated construction of political scandals in four Nordic countries. Göteborg: Nordicom

• Paxon, P. (2010) Mass communications and media studies: An introduction, New York: Continuum

• Robertson, A. (2015) Global news: Reporting conflicts and cosmopolitanism, New York: Peter Lang

• Thompson, J. B. (2000). Political scandal: Power and visibility in the media age. Cambridge: Polity Press