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

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

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)