(Organized by University Network for Communication Sciences).

The online course will introduce the students to the history, development and the present directions of Finnish media (print media, radio, tv, media convergence, information society). Weekly discussions and learning diaries.

Registration by application form, deadline 7.9.2008 (closed)

HUOM. Opintojakson
suorittamalla voi korvata osan (1 op) opintojaksoista
- MEKYA4 Tuotanto, talous ja instituutiot tai
- MEKYA9 Projektiopinnot

The main purpose of this course is to observe how the processes of censorship and self-censorship as alienable parts of the cultural process were developed. Most of the attention is to be paid to XX century and the present time taking into account that the last decades have given a rise to new forms of media involvement (including active promotion of television and Internet). The pivotal idea is to differentiate the peculiarities of censorship and self-censorship for Russian and Western realities so that the students could better understand the theoretical background of the definitions themselves. The course is designated for all who tend to understand the cultural and political evolution of modern Russia.

Enrolment via NettiOpsu http://www.uta.fi/nettiopsu/

This course introduces students to essential concepts and typical practices of management in media organizations.
Lectures investigate strategic planning, decision-making, media competition and economics, unique traits of media content as products, and internal organization dynamics. Case study material is presented by guest lecturers from the Finnish media industry. In addition to the lectures, students will work in teams on practical exercises and present their results in class. A term paper is required of each student.

Email: Greg.Lowe[ät]uta.fi or glowe[ät]netsonic.fi

Given the content of this course, to enroll students must have already completed their basic studies in Journalism and Mass Communication (tiedotusopin perusteet 25 op / ECTS). Advance registration is not required. Students will sign up for the course on the first day of class.

Contents: The course offers basic concepts of communication and media as well as history and research of the field. In addition, the course offers an introduction to the Finnish communication and media system.

Modes of study: Lectures 10 h, literature and learning diary.

27.10-12.12.2008. Organised by the University Network for Communication Sciences. The online course aims to give students an overview of Finnish communication studies on computer mediated communication, discussed by visiting online teachers from member departments of the University Network for Communication Sciences. Weekly discussions and learning diaries.

Registration by application form. Registration deadline 16.10. (closed)

The aim of the course is to provide students information about the current state and development of mass media in Russia. The course pays attention also to media in the Soviet Union, media as part of political process in Russia and journalistic culture in Russia. The course gives basic information about the role of the media in contemporary Russian society, including the presentation of different media institutions, audience choices of different media and changes in the media system.

Enrolment via NettiOpsu

Objective of the course is to enable students to understand processes of globalization, media convergence and the transformation from the industrial to the information society, in particular the role of the Internet as the basic infrastructure for global information society with its political, legal, economic, social and cultural implications. The course covers a range of issues, which have been negotiated in the process of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).

(All rooms are in the Main building.)

Registration by 9 February in NettiOpsu (under Dept of Journalism and Mass Communication)

26.1.-15.3.2009. Organised by University Network for Communication Sciences. Multidisciplinary Current issues -online course aims to give an overview of Finnish communication studies on democracy and citizenship. Each week you will be required to do different activities, usually based on at least one of the provided articles. Weekly discussions and learning diaries. Preassignment.

Registration deadline 15.1.

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No need to sign up

The course is part of the UNIPID virtual studies study module.

Time: Course time 14 January - 31 March 2009, new lectures 14 January - 18 February.

Registration: Latest 7 January 2009 through NettiOpsu -system at Department of Social Policy and Social Work / Social Policy / SPOLA3A7. REGISTRATION PERIOD HAS BEEN EXTENDED: Between 10th and 13th January through NettiOpsu -system at Department of Social Policy and Social Work / Social Policy / SPOLA3A7

Course content: Leading scholars of Finland present contemporary theories of development, society, history, political economy and environment as ways to approach social development on a global level. See the programme of the course at http://www.uta.fi/laitokset/isss/studies/global_social_development.php

New lectures: 15 hours of lectures at K103 in Linna-building starting on Wednesdays at 16.15 from 14 January to 18 February 2009. Exceptions: a lecture on Monday 16 February.

Study materials: Video lectures 40 lecture hours. That consists of live lectures (15 hours see above) and lectures of spring 2008 (25 hours). Learning materials and texts related to video lectures will be available on the Moodle -course management system. New modules will emerge on course's Moodle -site in a week after lectures have been held at the University of Tampere.

Objectives: 1) Learn social development as a multidisciplinary concept. 2) Learn social development as a concept of global social policy. 3) Learn major factors of social development and how they are in relation to each others.

Learning methods: A particular student centered learning diary based on the lectures. Length of the diary ab. 10 pages (1,5-row, 12-font).

Pedagogical frameworks: Critical pedagogy and problem based learning.

Inquiries: isss@uta.fi

Teacher in charge: Senior Assistant Professor Mikko Perkiö Tel. 03 35 51 71 76.

Teaching language: English

Compensations:

If no specific agreement with any other subject 5 ECTS will be registered in the English Curriculum of social policy (SPOIB8B2)

SOCIAL POLICY

SPOIB8B2 Social Policy and Development 5 ECTS
SOSPOLA3A7 Global Social Development 6 ECTS (including 1 ECTS extension to the learning diary)

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

2 books / 4 ECTS from the following books:

Agnew, Weatherby, or Pempel in A3
or
Fierke, Miall-Rambotsham-Woodhouse, or Newman-Richmond in A5
or
in S2 or S3 4 ECTS / 2 books

HISTORY

HISOA3 Temaattiset erikoistumisopinnot
TASOP2 Taloushistoria
tai sopimuksen mukaan S3

WOMEN'S STUDIES

The course with the learning diary is 3 credits in Women's Studies, or, upon agreement, 6-7 credits with a longer essay. The student directs the question to the lecturer as with the other learning diaries, but the arguments for the questions have to deal with the thematic of gender and sexuality in all cases.

W.S.2 Gender in the Making: c)'Race', Ethnicity, Post-colonialism (7 ECTS)
NAISA2D Kansallisuus ja kansalaisuus (6 op)
NAISA2I Globaalit geminismit (6op)
M5 Naistutkimuksen alat (8 op)

JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION

4 ECTS to be agreed with Professor Nordenstreng.

SOCIAL WORK

P5 2 ECTS (perform 50 % of the courses's general demand)

Other compensations to be confirmed.

Assessment: passed / failed, 0-5 grading on a student's request

Lectures (12 h), essays and 1 book (the literature available will be informed later) on analyzing media content (in English).

An intensive course from April 1 to April 8. Lectures: Wed 8-10am and 13-15pm, Thu 8-10am, Fri 8-10am, and Mon 10-12am.

No registration

This short course investigates relations between mediation and culture, and does so with a critical eye. Topics include American versus European approaches to media content and organization, and popular culture products. The course provides a necessary foundation for understanding practical results of theoretical variations that characterize how broadcasting is legitimated and positioned as a social technology, and what the cultural implications mean in practical terms.

Course syllabus

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.

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

16.3.-6.5.2009. Organised by University Network for Communication Sciences. Multidisciplinary Current issues -online course aims to give an overview of current studies on thetorics-, persuasion-, and effects themes in communication studies, discussed by visiting online teachers from the member departments of University Network for Communication Sciences. Weekly discussions and learning diaries. Preassignment.

Registration deadline 5.3.

Objectives: To gain general understanding on how Asia is and has been represented in "the West" (Europe and the US)
Content: The course focuses on how Asia has been and is represented on Western art, media discourses and literature.
Modes of Study: Participating on lectures, essay (instructions given during the lecture)

The course is open to all interested, enrolment not necessary.

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