6 ECTS credits
167 u studietijd
Aanbieding 1 met studiegidsnummer 1020436AER voor alle studenten in het 1e semester
met een inleidend bachelor niveau.
- Semester
- 1e semester
- Inschrijving onder examencontract
- Mogelijk
- Beoordelingsvoet
- Beoordeling (0 tot 20)
- 2e zittijd mogelijk
- Ja
- Onderwijstaal
- Engels
- Onder samenwerkingsakkoord
- Onder interuniversitair akkoord mbt. opleiding
- Faculteit
- Faculteit Sociale Wetensch & SolvayBusinessSchool
- Verantwoordelijke vakgroep
- Communicatiewetenschappen
- Onderwijsteam
- Jan Loisen
(titularis)
- Onderdelen en contacturen
- 0 contacturen Exam
39 contacturen Lecture
128 contacturen Self study
- Inhoud
In this course, the process of communication and theories related to the different aspects of the communication process take a central place. This introductory course indeed aims to provide students with a bird’s-eye view of the communication studies discipline, on the basis of which different domains in communication studies are explored in depth in subsequent courses in the program.
The course
- Traces the origins and development of communication studies as a social science;
- Offers a concise social history of media to contextualize the interplay of the (historical) development of media; social, political and cultural developments in Western society, and the communication studies discipline;
- Discusses important research topics and questions that are or have been on the communication studies agenda;
- Links communication studies theory and research with different theoretical currents in social sciences that underlie the media studies discipline;
- Presents and critically discusses the main research traditions in communication studies, i.e. the main media theories and empirical research traditions within different research areas (e.g. analysis of the communicator; media content studies; audience and effect studies).
Other important ‘transversal’ lines of investigation and focus are:
- The importance of (historical) context: Students will be able to (historically and societally) contextualize concepts, theories, authors, research traditions and results;
- Multidisciplinarity: Although the focus is on the discipline of communication sciences, students are made aware that media communication occurs in relation to social, political, cultural, economic, technological, legal, … processes. Other scientific disciplines are, in other words, essential and related to media studies research.
- Theory: Communication studies research presumes a scientific and critical approach. This course is foremost of a theoretical nature.
- Studiemateriaal
- Handboek (Vereist) : On media and communication, An introduction to communication sciences: theory and research, Loisen - Joye, Acco, 9789463443500, 2017
Digitaal cursusmateriaal (Vereist) : Slides 'Introduction to Communication Studies'
Digitaal cursusmateriaal (Aanbevolen) : Recordings 'Introduction to Commiunication Studies'
- Bijkomende info
Teaching Methods
- Lecture: collective contact-dependent moments during which the lecturer engages with learning materials
- Seminar, Exercises or Practicals (Practical): collective or individual contact-dependent moments during which the students are guided to actively engage with learning materials
- Independent or External Form of Study (Self): independent study
This description of the teaching methods is indicative, in order to assess the expected study load.
Lectures: 39 hours
- Classe take place 2 hours weekly and 2 hours bi-weekly
Self-study: 128 hours
- Following up on lectures during the semester, with a rate of 2 hours per hour lecture: 78 hours
- Preparation of the exam: 50 hours
- Leerresultaten
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General Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, students:
- Are able to retell the origins and development of the discipline of communication sciences;
- Can recognize, distinguish and classify the main theoretical currents and authors in the discipline of communication sciences;
- Can construe the historical development and the underlying human and worldview of the main theoretical currents in the discipline of communication sciences;
- Can make connections between the main theoretical currents in the discipline of communication sciences and other social scientific schools and paradigms;
- Are able to define, illustrate and link important theories and concepts in the discipline of communication sciences; and
- Are able to identify, contextualize and discuss research questions and results on different elements in the communication process (sender/medium/message/receiver/effect).
- Beoordelingsinformatie
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De beoordeling bestaat uit volgende opdrachtcategorieën:
Examen Schriftelijk bepaalt 100% van het eindcijfer
Binnen de categorie Examen Schriftelijk dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:
- Written Exam
met een wegingsfactor 100
en aldus 100% van het totale eindcijfer.
- Aanvullende info mbt evaluatie
- A mock exam will be organised and example questions are discussed in class.
- The exam procedure in the first and second session is the same.
- Toegestane onvoldoende
- Kijk in het aanvullend OER van je faculteit na of een toegestane onvoldoende mogelijk is voor dit opleidingsonderdeel.
Academische context
Deze aanbieding maakt deel uit van de volgende studieplannen:
Bachelor of Social Sciences: Communication Studies (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Bachelor of Social Sciences: Political Sciences (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Bachelor of Social Sciences: Sociology (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Bachelor of Social Sciences: Startplan (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Voorbereidingsprogramma Master of Science in Communication Studies: Standaard traject (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)