KUMA023 Media literacies (5 cr)

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Study level:
Intermediate studies
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English
Responsible organisation:
Department of History and Ethnology
Curriculum periods:
2024-2025, 2025-2026, 2026-2027, 2027-2028

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The course examines media literacy as cultural policy and practice.

Description

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Learning outcomes

After completing the course, the student will:

  • understand the development of media literacy policies and practices

  • be able to analyze present day and future challenges of media literacy

  • be able to analyze media policy documents, media technologies, and media contents critically

  • be able to identify and analyze aspects of mediated mis- and disinformation and their social implications 

Additional information

Lecture course. Independent work on written assignments is possible  

Study materials

The course coordinator will refer students to learning material.

Compulsory book for the book exam is:

Frau-Meigs, Hoechsmann, M., Kotilainen, S., Pathak-Shelat, M., & Poyntz, S. R. (2020). The Handbook of Media and Information Literacies in the Digital Era. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

And another book from the list below:

Couldry, N., & Mejias, U. A. (2019). The costs of connection: How data is colonizing human life and appropriating it for capitalism. Stanford University Press.

Frosh, P. (2019). The poetics of digital media. Polity Press.

Nikunen, K. (2019). Media solidarities: Emotions, power and justice in the digital age. SAGE.

Horsti, K., Hultén, G., & Titley, G. (2014). National conversations: Public service media and cultural diversity in Europe. Intellect Books. 

Completion methods

Method 1

Description:
Lecture course.
Evaluation criteria:
The grading scale in all completion modes will be numerical: 0-5. The grade will be based on the evaluation of the assignments that measure the extent to which the learning goals have been achieved. In courses organized in the form of contact teaching, completion requires 80% attendance. For independent learning, completion of the unit requires that written assignments are completed and approved by the instructor in charge.
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Method 2

Description:
Independent work on written assignments.
Evaluation criteria:
The grading scale in all completion modes will be numerical: 0-5. The grade will be based on the evaluation of the assignments that measure the extent to which the learning goals have been achieved. In courses organized in the form of contact teaching, completion requires 80% attendance. For independent learning, completion of the unit requires that written assignments are completed and approved by the instructor in charge.
Select all marked parts
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Participation in teaching (5 cr)

Type:
Participation in teaching
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English
No published teaching
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Independent study (5 cr)

Type:
Independent study
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English

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