MEDIA AND DIVERSITY IN EUROPE
| Title | MEDIA AND DIVERSITY IN EUROPE / MEDIA AND DIVERSITY IN EUROPE |
| Code | EUJ211 |
| Faculty | Social and Economic Sciences |
| School | Journalism and Mass Communications |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate, 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter |
| Coordinator | Christos Fragkonikolopoulos |
| Common | Yes |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600013108 |
Programme of Study: Master of Arts in Digital Media, Communication and Journalism-R
Registered students: 0
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| European Journalism | Elective Course belonging to the selected specialization (Elective Specialization Course) | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Digital Media, Culture and Communication | Elective Courses | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Risk Communication and Crisis Journalism | Elective Courses | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Academic Year | 2025 – 2026 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600285885
|
Course Type 2021
Specialization / Direction
Course Type 2016-2020
- 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/1/600285885
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- French (Instruction)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
The course seeks to introduce students to the concept of cultural and social diversity and analyze the role that media/journalists can play in the social construction, representation and understanding of difference and diversity. It focuses on issues of migration, race and ethnicity, faith and religion, gender, sexuality, age and disability and the way these issues are portrayed by traditional and new media. It also equips the students with practical skills that will enable them to produce a media product (a blog) on a topic related to social and cultural diversity.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
Critically understand the social and media structures and journalistic practices that impact upon issues of diversity
Understand how media/journalism can contribute to combat negative stereotypes
Offer alternative approaches to negative stereotypes through reporting
Acquire the practical skills to engage in responsible media coverage of diversity.
General Competences
- 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
- 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)
1. How has the debate on diversity changed and how can we open a more healthy and productive debate about our collective identity?
2. What is meant by the concept of diversity and what has the EU done in this direction, and especially in terms of religion, ethnicity, race and migration?
3. Analyse what the EU is actually doing in this direction. Is it only rhetoric, driven by considerations of political convenience, or are real measures being taken? And do they make a difference?
4. How our understanding of diversity and difference has impacted on the way in which media models, institutions and professionals engage with social and cultural diversity?
5. Examine and compare media content across Europe and their narratives to cultural and social diversity.
6. Examine and discuss ways of improving journalism practice in order to bridge social and cultural divisions and analyse the responsibility and power of journalism in reporting diversity issues.
Educational Material Types
- Slide presentations
- Video lectures
- Podcast
- Audio
- Multimedia
- Interactive excersises
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
Description
Remote meetings tools (webex), Presentation software (e.g. power point), Specialized software in the subjects under study. Additionally, the students use office automation tools, web browsers and e-reader for digital books.
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 10 | ✓ | |||
| Seminars | 30 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Reading Assigment | 90 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Project | 85 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Written assigments | 85 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Total | 300 |
Student Assessment
Description
Participation 20% of the final grade. Verbal contributions and participation by all students are essential. It is expected that students do the required readings in advance of classes and participate actively in group discussions. 3. Research Paper 80% of the final grade. Students will write a research paper (roughly 5.000 words, incl. references/footnotes). Bibliography will be suggested and if possible be provided by the instructor. Students can discuss and agree with their professor on a specific topic they would like to research/write (sources and bibliography will be provided by the instructor)
Student Assessment methods
- Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative, Summative)
- Report (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
Aldrich, Leigh Stephens. Covering the Community: A Diversity Handbook for Media. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press, 1999.
Biagi, Shirley and Marilyn Kern-Foxworth. Facing Difference: Race, Gender, and Mass Media. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press, 1997.
Bradley, Patricia and Gail Collins. Women and the Press: the Struggle for Equality. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 2005.
Broussard, Jinx Coleman. Giving a Voice to the Voiceless: Four Pioneering Black Women Journalists. New York: Routledge, 2004.
Cropp, Fritz, Cynthia M. Frisby and Dean Mills. Journalism Across Cultures. Ames: Iowa States Press, 2003.
Dijk, Teun Adrianus Van. Racism and the Press. New York: Routledge, 1991.
Gutierrez, Felix, Clint Wilson and Lena Chao. Racism, Sexism, and the Media: The Rise of Class Communication in Multicultural America. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2003.
Keever, Bevery Ann Deepe, et al., eds. U.S. News Coverage of Racial Minorities. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997.
Morgan, Arlene Notoro, Keith Woods and Alice Irene Pifer. The Authentic Voice: The Best Reporting on Race and Ethnicity. New York: Columbia University Press, 2006.
Roberts, Gene and Hank Klibanoff. The Race Beat: the Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation. New York: Knopf, 2006.
Toth, Elizabeth L. and Linda Aldorry, eds. The Gender Challenge to Media: Diverse Voices from the Field. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 2001.
Van Dijk, Teun A. Racism and the Press. New York: Routledge, 1991.
It is important that you read the following:
1. Handbook on cultural diversity and tolerance in Europe, https://cadmus.eui.eu/bitstream/handle/1814/20975/ACCEPT_Handbook_Tolerance_2012_rev2.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
2. Handbook for young reporters on diversity, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1R1A0xGkMfrpkpGZQ5G1NtiHwAKr4Gtf7/view?fbclid=IwAR3JZMXpwZfwOH85eiT0-S6FXwzoD2oiaLFELmZFYXdGL4p64tpp7CXeAD4
3. Diversity Reporting Handbook, http://www.unescochair-vs.edu.mk/attach/Diversity-Reporting-Handbook-fin.pdf
4. Reporting Diversity Manual, https://www.reportingdiversity.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Reporting-Diversity-Manual-Balkan-EN.pdf
5. How to counter hate speech on twitter, https://www.reportingdiversity.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MDI_Counter_Speech_ENG.pdf
6. Linguistic guide against islamophobia, https://www.reportingdiversity.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GuidetoIslamophobia-Final.pdf
7. Reporting Ethnicity and Religion, https://www.reportingdiversity.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Reporting-Ethnicity-and-Religion_study_for_Web.pdf
8. Global trends on line violence against women, https://www.reportingdiversity.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/UNESCO-ICFJ_The-Chilling_Global-trends-in-online-violence-against-women-journalists.pdf
9. The Diversity and Inclusion Handbook, https://ideas.wharton.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Leading-Diversity-in-Organizations_Lever-2017.pdf
Last Update
12-01-2024
