The study module concentrates on research of media and cultural industries: systems, institutions, organizations and markets including policy and regulation of these areas. Having done this module the student has better understanding of the structures, patterns and changes in global media industries since the 1970s. The student is able to depict the central factors and the dynamics that affect media production in modern societies, and to evaluate the consequences of change in these systems particularly in terms of power. The student is able to identify the main debates and theoretical approaches relevant to an understanding of the media and cultural industries and to understand the interrelations between production, contents and consumption.
Contents
The course includes introduction to the main patterns and developments in media industries on a global scale and theoretical tools to analyze these developments. Full range of media production from large corporations to individual production, from public service to digital entrepreneurship and amateur production is examined. Thus the course offers insight on, among other things, how digitalization and amateur production are shaping media industries and how these changes affect structures of media production, policies and regulation. Key debates on ownership, power, social impact, copyright, free labor/ exploitation, and affective capitalism are examined through case studies.
Teaching methods
Teaching method
Contact
Online
Lectures
Exercises
Exam
Modes of study
Option
1
Available for:
Degree Programme Students
Other Students
Open University Students
Doctoral Students
Exchange Students
Participation in course work
In
English
Exercise(s)
In
Finnish
Essay
In
Finnish
Option
2
Available for:
Degree Programme Students
Other Students
Open University Students
Doctoral Students
Exchange Students
Written exam
In
English
Option
3
Available for:
Degree Programme Students
Other Students
Open University Students
Doctoral Students
Exchange Students
Essay
In
English
Lectures (20 h + 10 h) that include workshops based on course literature. The course is completed with a presentation and a final essay that is produced based on the workshops and literature during the course. The study assignments and the essay can be written in English or in Finnish. English is the teaching language during the course.
Completion: Lectures with workshops and presentation, and a final essay 5 ECTS
Alternative completion: Book exam or an essay 5 ECTS. The literature must be agreed with a teacher responsible of the module.
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.
Study materials
Literature will be compiled from the following sources and recent research articles:
Anderton & al.: Understanding the music industries. 2013 Baker: Media concentration and democracy: why ownership matters Bruns: Blogs, Wikipedia, Second life, and Beyond: from production to produsage. 2007 Burkart & McCourt: Digital music wars: ownership and control of the celestial jukebox. 2006 Calabrese and Sparks: Toward a political economy of culture: capitalism and communication in the twenty-first century. 2003 Curran & Gurevitch and Woollacott (eds): Mass communication and society Curran and Park (eds): De-Westernizing media studies. 2000 Freedman: The politics of media policy. 2008 Hesmondhalgh: The Cultural industries, 3rd edition. 2013 Hesmondhalgh & Toynbee (eds.): The Media and Social Theory. 2008 Holt & Perren (eds.): Media industries. History, theory and method. 2009 Jenkins: Convergence Culture. 2007 Terranova: Free Labor: Producing Culture for the Digital Economy. 2000 Muehlebach & Shoshan: Post-Fordist Affect Van Dijck: Culture of connectivity. 2013