Syllabus
Introductory lesson (credit conditions, assignment of the first text) 21 February 2024Lecture 1 - Interpretation and discussion over the text (Marshall McLuhan) 28 February 2024Lecture 2 - Independent Study - First Written Assignment (Mark Deuze podcast) 6 March 2024Lecture 3 - Interpretation and Discussion over Independent Work (Mark Deuze podcast) 13 March 2024Lecture 4 - Interpretation and discussion over the text (Manuel Castells) 20 March 2024Lecture 5 - Interpretation and discussion over the text (John Fiske) 27 March 2024Lecture 6 - Interpretation and discussion over the text (Henry Jenkins) 3 April 2024Lecture 7 - Interpretation and discussion over the text (Jan Van Dijk) 10 April 2024Lecture 8 - Interpretation and discussion over the text (Sonia Livingstone) 17 April 2024Lecture 9 - Interpretation and discussion over the text - Second Written Assignment (David Lyon) 24 April 2024Lecture 10 - Interpretation and Discussion over Independent Work (Current Research Article + Course Summary) 15 May 2024
(Selected texts may change)
Annotation
Understanding Media introduces students to major media theories, concepts, and authors through articles, book chapters, and other texts. The course is taught in English.