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| SYLLABUS |
| Children, Culture and the Media,
10 ECTS Credits |
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COURSE CATEGORY Master´s Programme in Child Studies
MAIN FIELD OF STUDY Child studies - BRA
SUBJECT AREA
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COURSE CODE |
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| AIM OF THE COURSE |
Having completed the course, the student will be able to
- display understanding of interdisciplinary perspectives on children and media in history and society,
- discuss and analyse the various meanings and values related to children and the media in specific cultural and historical contexts,
- explain different forms of ownership and media production, i.e. public service/commercial/education, and their implementation on media reception,
- identify and analyse media production in relation to cultural policy making at national and local levels,
- by means of theoretical and methodological tools, describe and analyse media and relate the analyses to children’s and young peoples own media use.
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| CONTENTS |
The course consists of two parts. The first part will take a starting point in historical understandings of media and media use. Cultural policy making at local and national levels will be related to media policies in different media (film, radio, television, internet). Earlier research on media will be used in order to reflect upon the relationship between societal values, science and understandings of children and childhood. In contemporary society intersections between media use in educational contexts and in people’s homes will be discussed. The course will also address the relationship between societal notions of children and young people and children’s own media strategies.
In the second part of the course students will deepen their theoretical and empirical understanding of gender, ethnicity, class, identity and age in media productions. Students will conduct an in-depth analysis of films, television programmes or other forms of media content. |
| TEACHING |
The instruction methods will include lectures for overviews of the readings combined with teacher lead seminars and discussion forums on the Internet as well as individual comments on written assignments. Guiding students in searching relevant literature is also part of the instruction methods of this course. The Internet based format of the course requires a high degree of self-activity from students. Students will be expected to take an active part in their learning experience and to be able to work independently as well as in pairs or groups with other students.
Language of instruction: English. |
| EXAMINATION |
Each course block is concluded with a compulsory assignment. Each of these assignments must be completed and submitted before students can receive their credits for the course. The assignment forms of this course include written essays, reviews of literature, oppositions of the work of other students and considerations of particular course related questions in a discussion forum. As a final examination, students will be required to write a longer essay using discourse analysis on a particular media material.
Students failing an exam covering either the entire course or part of the course two times are entitled to have a new examiner appointed for the reexamination.
Students who have passed an examination may not retake it in order to improve their grades. |
| ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS |
A bachelor’s degree (kandidatexamen) of at least 180 ECTS credits, including a 15 ECTS credit degree paper or equivalent, and
1. In-depth studies of at least one year in a field relevant to the programme, including a degree thesis or final paper (equivalent). Relevant fields for in-depth studies are anthropology, education, history, communication studies, language studies, psychology, sociology and political science.
2. Documented knowledge of English equivalent to "Engelska B"; i.e. English as native language or an internationally recognized test, e.g. TOEFL (minimum scores: Paperbased 550 + TWE-score 4.0, computorbased 213 and internetbased 79), IELTS, academic (minimum score: Overall band 6.0 and no band under 5.0), or equivalent. |
| GRADING |
| The course is graded according to the ECTS grading scale A-F |
| CERTIFICATE |
| Course certificate is issued by the Faculty Board on request. The Department provides a special form which should be submitted to the Student Affairs Division. |
| COURSE LITERATURE |
| The course literature is decided upon by the department
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| OTHER INFORMATION |
Planning and implementation of a course must take its starting point in the wording of the syllabus. The course evaluation included in each course must therefore take up the question how well the course agrees with the syllabus.
The course is carried out in such a way that both men´s and women´s experience and knowledge is made visible and developed. |
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Children, Culture and the Media
Children, Culture and the Media |
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Department responsible
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the course or
equivalent:
TEMA - The Tema Institute |
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| Registrar No: 1322/06-41 |
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Course Code: 736A16 |
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Exam codes: see Local Computer System |
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| Subject/Subject Area : Child studies - BRA |
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Education level |
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Subject Area Code |
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Field of Education |
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Advanced level |
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BRA |
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SA |
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The syllabus was approved by the Board of Faculty of Arts and Science 2008-09-10
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