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Week |
Subject |
Related Preparation |
1) |
Overview of the course |
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2) |
Understanding and Evaluating Mass
Communication Theory
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Baran and Davis, pp. 3-21 |
3) |
Four Eras of Mass Communication Theory |
Baran and Davis, pp. 22-41 |
4) |
The Rise of Media Industries and Mass Society Theory
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Baran and Davis, pp. 44-70 |
5) |
The Rise of Media Theory In the Age of Propaganda
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Baran and Davis, pp. 71-94 |
6) |
Normative Theories of Mass Communication
Limited-Effects Theory Emerges
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Baran and Davis, pp. 95-99, 116-122,
128-140, 160-164
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7) |
Contemporary Mass Communication Theory I
(Critical Theory)
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Baran and Davis, pp. 198-218 |
8) |
Contemporary Mass Communication Theory II
(British Cultural Studies)
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Baran and Davis,
pp. 198-218
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9) |
Contemporary Mass Communication Theory II
(McLuhanism)
Media and Audiences: Uses-and-gratification
approach
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Baran and Davis, pp. 218-225, 228-243 |
10) |
Media and Audiences: Reception Studies
Agenda-Setting and The Spiral of Silence
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Baran and Davis, pp. 243-249, 278-293 |
12) |
Theories of Media and Society
(Symbolic Interactionism, Chicago School, Social Constructionism)
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Baran and Davis,
pp. 298-314
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13) |
Theories of Media and Culture
(Frame Analysis, Cultivation Analysis, Social
Semiotic Theory)
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Baran and Davis, pp.
314-337
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14) |
Debates on Communication Theories and
Review for the Final
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
1) |
To be able to critically interpret and discuss the theories, the concepts, the traditions, and the developments in the history of thought which are fundamental for the field of new media, journalism and communication. |
5 |
2) |
To be able to attain written, oral and visual knowledge about technical equipment and software used in the process of news and the content production in new media, and to be able to acquire effective abilities to use them on a professional level. |
3 |
3) |
To be able to get information about the institutional agents and generally about the sector operating in the field of new media, journalism and communication, and to be able to critically evaluate them. |
3 |
4) |
To be able to comprehend the reactions of the readers, the listeners, the audiences and the users to the changing roles of media environments, and to be able to provide and circulate an original contents for them and to predict future trends. |
2 |
5) |
To be able to apprehend the basic theories, the concepts and the thoughts related to neighbouring fields of new media and journalism in a critical manner. |
5 |
6) |
To be able to grasp global and technological changes in the field of communication, and the relations due to with their effects on the local agents. |
3 |
7) |
To be able to develop skills on gathering necessary data by using scientific methods, analyzing and circulating them in order to produce content. |
4 |
8) |
To be able to develop acquired knowledge, skills and competence upon social aims by being legally and ethically responsible for a lifetime, and to be able to use them in order to provide social benefit. |
3 |
9) |
To be able to operate collaborative projects with national/international colleagues in the field of new media, journalism and communication. |
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10) |
To be able to improve skills on creating works in various formats and which are qualified to be published on the prestigious national and international channels. |
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