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TIEIGG2D Media and the democratic process 5 ECTS
Periods
Period I Period II Period III Period IV
Language of instruction
English
Type or level of studies
Intermediate studies
Course unit descriptions in the curriculum
Journalism and Mass Communication
Department of Journalism and Mass Communication

General description

The student will become familiar with the key concepts regarding media and democracy. She will learn to understand the role of media and journalism in the democratic process as well as the participatory role of the citizens in this context.

The course focuses on the functions that media have in the democratic society. How the media provide a platform for democratic discourse and how they contribute to democratic process.

This course is held as an intensive programme during two weeks.  The course consists of five lectures (2 hours each) and a literature essay.

Literature essay

Based on one of the following books:

Calhoun (ed.), Habermas and the Public Sphere. MIT 1992.
Dahlgren, Television and the Public Sphere: Citizenship, Democracy and the Media. Sage 1995.
Dahlgren & Sparks (eds.), Communication and Citizenship. Routledge 1991.
Fishkin, Debating deliberative democracy. Malden : Blackwell, 2003
Glasser (ed.), The Idea of Public Journalism. Guilford 1999.
Keane, Media and Democracy. Polity 1991.
Negrine, The Communication of Politics. Sage, 1996.
Wilhelm, Democracy in the Media Age. Challenges to Political Life in Cyberspace. Routledge 2000.   

Details about the essay are delivered at the beginning of the course.

Enrolment for University Studies

To sign up for this course, please, e-mail to Laura Ruusunoksa laura.ruusunoksa@uta.fi by 20.4.2009.

Teachers

Heikki Luostarinen, Teacher responsible
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heikki.luostarinen[ät]uta.fi
Laura Ruusunoksa, Teacher
laura.ruusunoksa[ät]uta.fi

Teaching

4-May-2009 – 13-May-2009
Lectures 10 hours
Mon 4-May-2009 at 10-12, Linna 6017, Introduction / Auli Harju and Laura Ruusunoksa
Wed 6-May-2009 at 10-12, Linna 5014, / Citizens and journalism / Auli Harju and Laura Ruusunoksa
Fri 8-May-2009 at 10-12, Linna 6017, Ethnic minorities / Reeta Pöyhtäri
Mon 11-May-2009 at 10-12, Linna 6017, Civic participation and the net / Pauliina Lehtonen
Wed 13-May-2009 at 10-12, Linna 6017, Media literacy / Niina Uusitalo
Department of Journalism and Mass Communication
The Course is part of the following teaching schedules
Int. School of Social Sciences
Master's Programme on Political Communication '09
Int. School of Social Sciences
Bachelor of Social Sciences / ISSS
Int. School of Social Sciences
MDP in Global Governance and World Culture
Department of Journalism and Mass Communication
Journalism and Mass Communication