Course 1: Communication: Theoretical Perspectives in Communication Studies

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1 Course 1: Communication: Theoretical Perspectives in Communication Studies Om kurset Uddannelse Hjemmeside Sted Kursustype Fagmodul i Kommunikation Se kursusgange Fagmodulskursus Tilmelding Registration will take place during the period 1 to 15 November 2016 Register through STADS Self-Service: Here Kursus starter Kursus slutter Undervisningstidspunkt Undervisningssted Forudsætninger Tirsdage i perioden Alle kursusgange i lokale undtagen den hvor undervisningen foregår i Foreign language reading proficiency: The student has to have language proficiency in reading academic articles in. Additional Specific Admission for the Bachelor Subjects Formål The course can be taken as a part of the full Subject Module in Communication Studies, which has the purpose according to 1 in the description of the Subject Module in Communication Studies: "...to provide students with practical, methodological and theoretical prerequisites for planning, managing, organizing and evaluating communication and information tasks (including the preparation of information materials) aimed at the communication of specialist knowledge to relevant target audiences or communication between relevant participants (professional communication). Furthermore, the purpose of the subject module in Communication Studies is to provide students with the qualifications required to commence a master's programme in Communication Studies or related master's programmes. (2) The subject module is included in the bachelor programmes offered at Roskilde University as one out of two subject modules. The subject module corresponds to 35 ECTS points." Indhold This course gives you 5 ETCS-points. The course demonstrates the interdisciplinary character of communication research - a field of research that can be characterized as dynamic. This is due to developments in the use of traditional media as well as the emergence of new media and the media convergence that characterize the media landscape. The typical contents of the different media will be analysed as well as how people understand the accessible media, and the impact of the media on the users practices. Moreover no-tech communication processes that take place in social networks, among family and friends, in organisations and in different cultural practices will be analysed. Major communication theories are introduced with an outline of the direction of future research within the field of communication. The course is a combination of lectures, short exercises and discussions. Undervisningsform Bedømmelseskriterier Course The purpose of the course is for students to acquire: Knowledge: Knowledge of the interdisciplinary character of the research within the field of communication. Insight into major traditional and recent theoretical positions within the field of communication research. Insight in the traditional media as well as the occurrence of new media and the media convergence that characterize the media landscape. Basic insight in analysis of communication processes.

2 Skills: Basic knowledge of the meta-theoretical assumptions of theories about communication. Prerequisites for critical reflection on major traditional and recent theoretical positions within the field of communication research. Skilled in analysing and evaluating communication processes across the media landscape. Skilled in handling central concepts within the traditional and newer communication and media theory Skilled in comparing and handling central positions within the field of communication studies Skilled in discussing concrete problem areas in regard the no-tech communication processes that take place in social networks, among family and friends, in organisations and in regard to different cultural practices Skilled in communicating academic issues and solution models to peers and non-specialists. Competencies: Competency to handle communication and media theory in regard to different disciplines within the field of communication. Competency to evaluate and discuss epistemological and scientific problem areas in regard to the field of communications. Eksamensform 5 page essay (5 standard pages excluding references) based on exercise (analysis of communication product) set by the course teachers. Assessment: The 7-step marking scale Examiners: Internal Eksamenstidspunkt Reeksamenstidspunkt Hand-in of the exam assignment the 25th of April 2017 at 12:00 am on Digital Eksamen. Hand-in of the re-exam assignment is the 9th of August 2017 at 12:00 am on Digital Eksamen. Undervisningsansvarlig Louise Jane Phillips ( louisep@ruc.dk ) Kursussekretær IKH Studyadministration ( ikh-studyadministration@ruc.dk ) Lisbeth Frølunde ( lisbethf@ruc.dk ) Tobias Raun ( tobiasra@ruc.dk ) kursusgange Session 1: Communication Theory as Heterogeneous Field: an Introduction to Seven Traditions Tidspunkt 14/ kl. 10:15-12:00 Griffin, Em (2009): Talk about theory. Chapter 2 i A First Look at Communication Theory, 7th Edition, New York: McGraw- Hill. s ISBN Griffin, Em (2009): Mapping the territory (Seven Traditions in the Field of Communication Theory). Kapitel 4 i A First Look at Communication Theory, 7th Edition, New York: McGraw-Hill. s ISBN Table 1 and Table 2 in Craig (1999) Communication Theory as a Field. In Communication Theory, 9(2). Supplementary reading: Craig, Robert T. (1999). Communication Theory as a Field. In Communication Theory, 9(2), P Session 2: The Social Psychological and Cybernetic traditions: Persuasion and Target Groups Communication as Control Tidspunkt 21/ kl. 10:15-12:00 Sted

3 Shen, Lijang (2013). Communication as persuasion. In Cobley & Schultz (Eds.) Theories and Models of Communication. Berlin: de Gruyter Mouton. P ISBN: Session 3: The Semiotic Tradition Tidspunkt 28/ kl. 10:15-12:00 Underviser Lisbeth Frølunde ( lisbethf@ruc.dk ) Fiske, John (2011). Introduction to Communication Studies. 3rd Edition. Chapter 3 Communication, Meaning, and Signs. London: Routledge. P ISBN13: Barthes, Roland (1972). Mythologies. Chapter The World of Wrestling. New York: Hill and Wang P ISBN: Saussure, Ferdinand (1993). Signs and Language. In Alexander & Seidman (Eds.): Culture and Society. Contemporary Debates. Cambridge University Press. P ISBN: Kress, Gunther (2009). What is mode? In Jewitt, Carey (Ed.) The Routledge Handbook of Multimodal Analysis. Routledge. S ISBN: Session 4: The Rhetorical Tradition Tidspunkt 07/ kl. 10:15-12:00 Griffin, Em (2009). The Rhetoric of Aristotle. Chapter 21 in A First Look at Communication Theory. Seventh Edition. McGraw Hill. P ISBNISBN: Benoit, William L. (1995). Accounts, Excuses, and Apologies. A Theory of Image Restoration Strategies. State University of New York Press. P ISBN: Downey, Sharon (1993). The Evolution of the Rhetorical Genre of Apologia. In Western Journal of Communication, 57. P ISSN: Session 5: Semiotic, Sociocultural and Critical Traditions: British Cultural Studies Tidspunkt 14/ kl. 10:15-12:00 Schrøder, Kim Christian (2013). Socio-cultural models of communication. In Cobley & Schultz (Eds.) Theories and Models of Communication. Berlin: de Gruyter Mouton. P ISBN: Hall, Stuart (2006). Encoding /Decoding. In Durham & Kellner (Eds.): Media and Cultural Studies: Keyworks. Revised Edition. Blackwell Publishing. P ISBN-13: Gramsci, Antonio (1993): Culture and ideological hegemony. In Alexander & Seidman (Eds.): Culture and Society. Contemporary Debates. Cambridge University Press. P ISBN: Session 6: Sociocultural and Critical Traditions: the Public Sphere Tidspunkt 21/ kl. 10:15-12:00

4 Underviser Tobias Raun ( tobiasra@ruc.dk ) Bourdieu, Pierre (1989). Social Space and Symbolic Power. In Sociological Theory, 7(1): Online ISSN: Figure from Distinction, ISBN: Skeggs, Beverly (2009): The moral economy of person production: the class relations of self-performance on reality television. In The Sociological Review, 57(4): ISSN Online: X. Session 7: Sociocultural Tradition: Structural analysis and Feminism Tidspunkt 28/ kl. 10:15-12:00 Underviser Tobias Raun ( tobiasra@ruc.dk ) Bourdieu, Pierre (1989). Social Space and Symbolic Power. In Sociological Theory, 7(1): Online ISSN: Figure from Distinction, ISBN: Skeggs, Beverly (2009): The moral economy of person production: the class relations of self-performance on reality television. In The Sociological Review, 57(4): ISSN Online: X. Session 8: Semiotic, Sociocultural and Critical Traditions: Discourse Theory Tidspunkt 04/ kl. 10:15-12:00 Jørgensen, M. & L. Phillips (2002). Discourse Analysis as Theory and Method. Chapter 1 The Field of discourse analysis. London: Sage. P ISBN: Davies, Bronwyn & Rom Harré (1990). Positioning The Discursive Production of Selves. In Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour. 20(1) s ISSN: Session 9: Sociocultural Tradition: Interactionism and Interpersonal Communication Tidspunkt 11/ kl. 10:15-12:00 Underviser Lisbeth Frølunde ( lisbethf@ruc.dk ) Goffman, Erving (1967). On Face-Work. In Goffman: Interaction ritual. Essays on face-to-face behavior. P ISBN: Meyrowitz, Joshua (1990). Redefining the situation: Exending dramaturgy into a theory of social change and media effects. In Riggins (Ed.): Beyond Goffman. Studies in Communication, Institution, and Social Interaction. Berlin:Mouton de Gruyter. P ISBN: Session 10: Phenomenological and Sociocultural Traditions: Dialogic Communication Theory Tidspunkt 18/ kl. 10:15-12:00

5 Broome, B. (2009). Dialogue Theories. In S. Littlejohn & K. Foss (Eds.): Encyclopedia of Communication Theory. Thousand Oaks: SAGE. P ISBN-13: Buber, Martin (2002). Between Man and Man. London: Routledge. P and ISBN: Griffin, E. (2009). Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM) of W. Barnett Pearce and Vernon Cronen, In A First Look at Communication Theory, 7th Edition, London: SAGE, P ISBN: STADS stamdata Fagmodulskursus Belastning : 5 ECTS Aktivitetskode : U25487 Prøveform : Hjemmeopgave Bedømmelse : 7-trinsskala Censur : Intern censur