SFB50316 Media Studies (Spring 2025)

Facts about the course

ECTS Credits:
10
Responsible faculty:
Faculty of Computer Sciences, Engineering and Economics
Campus:
Halden
Course Leader:
Elin Strand Larsen
Teaching language:
English
Duration:
½ year

Table of contents

The course is affiliated to the following study programme

  • 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.

Teaching semester

  • Bachelor's Programme in International Communication 2nd semester (spring).
  • Bachelor`s Programme in Digital Media and Design: 4th semester (spring).

Content

  • Media theories and analysis
  • The role of the media
  • Media dramaturgy
  • Media Events
  • Media Framing
  • Genre knowledge
  • The globalized media picture
  • Media ethics

The student's learning outcomes on passing the course

Knowledge
The student

  • 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 student 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 student

  • 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.

Teaching and learning methods

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.

Exam

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 examiner, or two internal examiners will be involved in the assessment.

Conditions for resit/rescheduled exams

A new and postponed exam is conducted simultaneously with the next regular exam. However, the department management may decide to arrange a postponed exam in the following semester for students with valid absence from the regular exam.

Course evaluation

This course is evaluated by a

  • End-term evaluation (compulsory)

The responsible for the course compiles a report based on the feedback from the students and his/her own experience with the course. The report is discussed by the study quality committee at the Department of Computer Science and Communication.

Reading list

The current reading list for 2025 Spring can be found in Leganto
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