15ZUZU017 - Communication Studies 2
| Course specification | ||||
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| Course title | Communication Studies 2 | |||
| Acronym | 15ZUZU017 | |||
| Study programme | Journalism | |||
| Module | ||||
| Type of study | first degree undergraduate academic studies | |||
| Lecturer (for classes) | ||||
| Lecturer/Associate (for practice) | ||||
| Lecturer/Associate (for OTC) | ||||
| ESPB | 6.0 | Status | ||
| Condition | None | Oblik uslovljenosti | ||
| The goal | The acquisition of theoretical knowledge required for professional-applicative courses on communication. Gaining knowledge about different types of communication practice, the media, their expressive possibilities and social role. | |||
| The outcome | Understanding communication as a primary human interaction which is the basis of any social community and which is influencing the direction and pace of social development; Mastery over conceptual and categorical apparatus that applies to all forms of communication practices, particularly to mass communication; The ability to recognize specific features and expressive possibilities of mass communication media; Understanding their importance in terms of immediate effects and relatively enduring social consequences. | |||
| Contents | ||||
| Contents of lectures | 1. Communication and Society: socio-centric and media-centric approaches. 2. Subjects of communication, communication situations and communication act. 3. Forms of communication practice: intrapersonal, interpersonal, communication in larger social groups and mass communication. 4. The media of mass communication: the press, film, radio, television. 5. Mass media and freedom of information, censorship, manipulation, propaganda, mass culture. 6. Computer networks and virtual communication; Information Society. | |||
| Contents of exercises | Group and individual analysis of selected mass media phenomena. | |||
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| 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: discussions about previously analyzed phenomenon of communication, group research projects on media content, structured discussion on the results of research projects. | |||
| Knowledge score (maximum points 100) | ||||
| Pre obligations | Points | Final exam | Points | |
| Activites during lectures | Test paper | |||
| Practical lessons | 20 | Oral examination | 30 | |
| Projects | ||||
| Colloquia | 50 | |||
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