SFB50316 Media Studies (Vår 2021)

• Compulsory course in Bachelor's Programme in International Communication.
• Optional course in Bachelor's Programme in Society, Language and Culture
• Optional course for international students.

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

Bachelor's Programme in Society, Language and Culture: 6th semester (spring).

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

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.

• A media analysis performed individually or as group work.

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

Written assignment, individual

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. 

Grades: A-F

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.

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