MEDIA AND SOCIETY
| Title | ΜΕΣΑ ΕΠΙΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΑ / MEDIA AND SOCIETY |
| Code | ΕΠ.2.049 |
| Faculty | Education |
| School | Early Childhood Education |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Coordinator | Sofia Theodosiadou |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 80003396 |
Programme of Study: UPS of School of Early Childhood Education (2012-today)
Registered students: 48
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core | Orientation Course | Winter/Spring | - | 6 |
| Academic Year | 2023 – 2024 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Faculty Instructors |
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| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Class ID | 600229468
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Class Schedule
| Building | School of Education (Tower Building) |
| Floor | Floor 1 |
| Hall | ΑΙΘΟΥΣΑ ΜΕΓΑΛΗ 1ου ΟΡ. (177) |
| Calendar | Monday 16:00 to 18:30 |
Course Type 2021
Specialization / Direction
Course Type 2016-2020
- Background
- Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600229468
- eLearning: https://elearning.auth.gr/course/view.php?id=11151
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, the students will have acquired a broader knowledge of the sociological dimension of the media and will be able to distinguish the characteristics between traditional and new media as well as the way in which the media are interconnected and influence the cultural products they produce . In addition, through exercises and discussions, the students will learn how the mass media operate as industries, as well as the communication genres that are included in them such as journalism, cinema, social networks, digital games, etc.
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Work in an international context
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Generate new research ideas
- Design and manage projects
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Respect natural environment
- Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The course provides a range of skills in media analysis focusing on the societal role of new media. It introduces central theories and concepts from traditional to new media and by doing so, it addresses a broad range of subfields of media sociology; media ownership, media and democracy, identity and media, media and politics. Critical attention is given to the meaning-making, participatory and data-processing capacities of media through case studies that apply to these capacities.By the end of the semester, students should have a good grasp of the key facets of the media-society relationship and knowledge of the characteristics oftraditional and new media and the ways they interconnect and influence culture.
Keywords
communication, media, society, globalisation
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Video lectures
- Multimedia
- Interactive excersises
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
- Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 39 | 1.6 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Fieldwork | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Reading Assigment | 40 | 1.6 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Field trips and participation in conferences / seminars / activities | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Project | 36 | 1.4 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Written assigments | 35 | 1.4 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Total | 150 | 6 |
Student Assessment
Description
participation in classroom discussions, resarch report preparation and presentation
Student Assessment methods
- Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
- Oral Exams (Formative, Summative)
- Report (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
1. Mc Quail Denis & Deuze M. (2020) ΜΜΕ & θεωρία της Mαζικής Eπικοινωνίας, Εκδ. Παπασωτηρίου
2. Buckingham D. & Bragg S. (2007) Nέοι, σεξ και ΜΜΕ. Τα γεγονότα της ζωής;, Έκδ. Κατάρτι.
Additional bibliography for study
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Last Update
28-05-2023
