MCPS200 Media and Globalisation (5 cr)
Description
Content
The course examines how globalisation, media technologies and cultural convergence have transformed human communication and social experience in various ways. The course introduces students to the circulation of images and narratives in transnational media environments and global networks. Spectatorship and engagement with mediated narratives are discussed. Mediation is examined through various case studies that discuss issues like humanitarian communication, communication of transnational families, global news flows, and construction of cultural identity in social media.
Completion methods
Lectures, group work, and essay. The course can also be completed by writing an essay based on the literature, or by taking a book exam.
Assessment details
To get good or excellent grade student must participate in the lectures and complete the written assignment (essay) on the basis of lectures and the literature. In the written work, student has to show that she/he is able to make analytical descriptions on the course topics by using scientific concepts and approaches. Student has to also focus on some particular case. Important in the written work is that student links the issues from both literature and the lectures.
Following criteria is used when evaluating the written assignment:
1. General academic writing (structure, form, argumentation, logic, articulation etc.)
2. Displayed knowledge of the course material (how well the student knows the course literature and other course material).
3. Analytical capability (how well the student can use what she/he has read, as displayed in analysis and in applying theories to cases etc.).
Learning outcomes
Literature
- 3. Volkmer, Ingrid (2014): The Global Public Sphere.
- In addition to lectures, student reads 2-3 of the following for the written assignment:
- 2. Iosifidis, P. (2013): Global Media and Communication Policy.
- 1. Kraidy, Marwan (2016): The Naked Blogger of Cairo.