SFB50316 Media Studies (Vår 2025)

Emnet er tilknyttet følgende studieprogram

• 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.

Undervisningssemester

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

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

Studentens læringsutbytte etter bestått emne

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.

Innhold

• Media theories and analysis

• The role of the media

• Media dramaturgy

• Media Events

• Media Framing

• Genre knowledge

• The globalized media picture

• Media ethics

Undervisnings- og læringsformer

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

Arbeidsomfang

The course will give the student approximately 280 hours of work

Praksis

None

Arbeidskrav - vilkår for å avlegge eksamen

• A media analysis performed individually or as group work.

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

Eksamen

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

Sensorordning

One external and one internal examiner, or two internal examiners will be involved in the assessment.

Vilkår for ny/utsatt eksamen

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.

Evaluering av emnet

Dette emnet evalueres på følgende måte:

• Sluttsemesterevaluering (obligatorisk)

Den emneansvarlige lager en oppsummering på bakgrunn av studentenes tilbakemeldinger og sine egne erfaringer med emnet. Oppsummeringen behandles av studiekvalitetsutvalget ved institutt for informasjonsteknologi og kommunikasjon.

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