15ZM001 - Communication Theory

Course specification
Course title Communication Theory
Acronym 15ZM001
Study programme Communication Studies
Module
Type of study second degree master academic studies
Lecturer (for classes)
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)
    Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)
      ESPB 6.0 Status
      Condition None Oblik uslovljenosti
      The goal Deepened mastering of the theories of communication and their derived models of communication; Understanding of social and scientific conditions in which the theories of communication originated; Recognition of the interdependence between different philosophical and scientific frameworks and cognitive postulates of the theories of communication; Distinguishing dominant paradigm and directions in the corpus of communication theories; Understanding their epistemological implications in the study of communication as a pervasive phenomenon of social life; the ability to evaluate scientific-methodological significance of the most important theories in modern research of communication practices.
      The outcome Acquired extended theoretical knowledge of communication as a prerequisite for further advanced training; Capacity for independent research work in science.
      Contents
      Contents of lectures Social conditions and philosophical and scientific framework of the emergence of different theories about communication (functionalism, neo-Marxism, structuralism, social psychology, sociology, communication); Mathematical theory of communication; SO theory and its criticism; Theory of symbolic interaction and its derivatives; Theories and models of communication belonging to the dominant paradigm in the study of communication in the United States; Theory of communication as para-social interaction; Critical communication theory; Theory of communicative action vs. functional systems theory; Cultural theories of communication; Postmodern theories of communication
      Contents of exercises debates on previously reported exposé or essays on the topics addressed in the context of theoretical instruction.
      Literature
      1. Bogdanić, A., Komunikologija – vodeća paradigma, Beograd : Čigoja, 1996 (Original title)
      2. Brigs, A. i R. Kolbi (ur.), Uvod u studije medija, Beograd : Clio, 2005 (Original title)
      3. Vreg, F., Demokratsko komuniciranje, Sarajevo : NUB BiH, 1990 (Original title)
      4. Đorđević, J. (ur.), Studije kulture – zbornik, Beograd : Službeni glasnik, 2008 (Original title)
      5. McQuail, D., Mass Communication Theory, London : SAGE, 1994 (Original title)
      Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
      Lectures Exercises OTC Study and Research Other classes
      2 2
      Methods of teaching Lectures. Practical classes: debates on previously reported exposé or essays on the topics addressed in the context of theoretical instruction.
      Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
      Pre obligations Points Final exam Points
      Activites during lectures 5 Test paper
      Practical lessons 25 Oral examination 30
      Projects
      Colloquia
      Seminars 40
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