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By completing this course, students:
- have insight in diverse aspects and theories in media culture.
- can critically analyse, evaluate and position themselves in the academic debate on media culture.
- can apply theories of media culture on a empirical case.
- are able to express theirselves in the spoken and written standard language.
Previous knowledge
No specific foreknowledge required.
Order of Enrolment
This course unit is a prerequisite for taking the following course units:
S0N94A : Medialab 3: theoretische reflectie
Identical courses
This course is identical to the following courses:
S0B16B : Mediacultuur (No longer offered this academic year)
Is included in these courses of study
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- Courses for Exchange Students Faculty of Social Sciences (Leuven)
- Voorbereidingsprogramma:Master in de communicatiewetenschappen (voor bachelors en masters in de gedragswetenschappen) (Leuven) 19 ects.
- Voorbereidingsprogramma: Master in de communicatiewetenschappen (voor bachelors en masters in de humane wetenschappen en de kunsten) (Leuven) 37 ects.
- Voorbereidingsprogramma: Master in de communicatiewetenschappen (voor bachelors en masters in de biomedische en exacte wetenschappen) (Leuven) 47 ects.
- Educatieve master in de maatschappijwetenschappen (Leuven) 90 ects.
- Educatieve master in de wetenschappen en technologie (Leuven) 120 ects.
- Bachelor in de communicatiewetenschappen (programma voor studenten gestart in 2022-2023 of later) (Leuven) 180 ects.
- Bachelor in de politieke wetenschappen en de sociologie (programma voor studenten gestart in 2022-2023 of later) (Leuven) (Minor communicatiewetenschappen) 180 ects.
Activities
5 ects. Media Culture (B-KUL-S0N78a)
Content
This course deals with important academic theories and empirical research related to:
- The cultural sociological approach of media
- Production and ideology
- Texts and meaning
- Consumption and identity
On the one hand, students will learn to position themselves in the academic debate through a critical evaluation of different, often incompatible theories. On the other hand, they learn to translate theories to ideas and hypotheses that can be applied to topical case studies.
Course material
The course material is available via Toledo.
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Evaluation
Evaluation: Media Culture (B-KUL-S2N78a)
Type : Exam during the examination period
Description of evaluation : Written
Type of questions : Multiple choice, Open questions