SFB50316 Media Studies (Vår 2026)

Fakta om emnet

Studiepoeng:
10
Ansvarlig fakultet:
Fakultet for informasjonsteknologi, ingeniørfag og økonomi
Studiested:
Halden
Emneansvarlig:
Elin Strand Larsen
Undervisningsspråk:
Engelsk
Varighet:
½ år

Innholdsfortegnelse

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: 4th semester (spring).

Innhold

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

Studentens læringsutbytte ved bestått emne

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.

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 or one internal examiner.

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

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 program committee at the Department of Computer Science and Communication.

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