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Spring semester - BA - IBM - Year 1 Calendar view

Narrative, Media and Cultural Stereotypes BA Y1 (2022-2023)


Class
Gloria Nogueiras
Enrolment for this class is currently closed.

Lessons

Here is the class outline:

Link to online class + Video-recordings of class sessions

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Link to online class + Video-recordings of class sessions

Week 1 - Introduction to the Module

The first week of the module will serve as an introduction to the module. We will start by exploring students' motivations and expectations about the module. Likewise, general information and guidelines about formal and organizational aspects of the module will be provided. To conclude, a general introduction to the key concepts to be addressed throughout the module will be developed: narrative, media and stereotypes.

W1 - Week Description
W1 - Monday's class (13th February 2023)
W1 - Wednesday's class (15th February 2023)

Week 2&3 - Human Communication

This week we will start exploring Human Communication. In doing so, we will address, among other issues, the concept of communication, communication functions, communication axioms, communication components, communication types and communication models.

W2 - Week Description and Readings
W2 - Class Presentation (complete)
W2 - Monday's class (20th February 2023)
W2 - Wednesday's class (2nd February 2023) - NO CLASS (Gloria was ill)
W3 - Monday's class (27th February 2023)

Week 3 - Semiotics

This week we will be introduced to Semiotics, the study of signs, sign systems and signification. In doing so, we will also discuss topics such as representation, denotation and connotation.

W3 - Week Description and Readings
W3 - Class Presentation (complete)
W3 - Wednesday's class (1st March 2023)

Week 4&5 - Narrative

This week we will engage in a discussion about the basic concepts of narrative theory, by exploring the concept of narrative as an integral part of almost any kind of human communication, as well as the narrative elements and narrative types.

W4 - Week Description and Readings
W4 - Class presentation (complete)
W4 - Monday's class (6th March 2023)
W4 - Wednesday's class (8th March 2023)
W5 - Monday's class (13th March 2023)

Week 5&6 - Culture

These weeks we will focus on culture, and specifically on issue such as cultural patterns, layers of culture and dimensions of culture.

W5&6 - Week Description and Readings
W5&6 - Class presentation (complete)
W5 - Wednesday's class (15th March 2023)
W6 - Monday's class (20th March 2023)
W6 - Wednesday's class (22nd March 2023)

Week 7 - Culture and Communication

This week we will focus on culture and communication, paying particular attention to intercultural communication.

W7 - Week Description and Readings
W7 - Class presentation (complete)
W7 - Monday's class (27th March 2023) - In-class exercise 2
W7 - Wednesday's class (29th March 2023)

Week 8 - Media and Culture

This week our discussion will focus on media and its relation to culture. In doing so, we will address topics such as types of media, evolution of media, mass media, social media, media language and media representation.

W8 - Week Description and Readings
W8 - Class presentation (complete)
W8 - Monday's class (10th April 2023)
W8 - Wednesday's class (12th April 2023)

Weeks 9&10 - Representation and Stereotypes in the Media

These weeks... ...we will cover the key concepts and ideas related to stereotypes, discrimination and prejudice ... we will focus on representation and stereotypes in the media, by paying particular attention on how this happens in terms of: gender, age, race, ethnia, religion, social class, sexual orientation, national belonging, appearance or (dis)ability.

W9 - Week Description and Readings
W9&10 - Class presentation (complete)
W9 - Monday's class (17th April 2023) - In-class exercise 3 + Discussing "The Social Dilemma"
W9 - Wednesday's class (19th April 2023)
W10 - Monday's class (24th April 2023)
W10 - Wednesday's class (26th April 2023)

Week 12 - Digital Ethnography

This week we will familiarise ourselves with the approach that they will adopt for their final assignment: digital ethnography. In doing so, we will address the difference between ethnography and digital ethnography, as well as discuss the principles of digital ethnography, with an emphasis on the process of observing digital behaviour.

W12 - Week Description and Readings
W12 - Monday's class (8th May 2023) - In-class exercise 4
W12 - Wednesday's class (10th May 2023) - Guidelines A6. Digital Ethnography Report (50% of mark)

Week 13 - Social Media, Power and Manipulation

This week we will cover media manipulation, including reference to the strategies of manipulation by the media, focus on “the danger of a single story” and discussion of the concepts of fake news and post-truth.

W13 - Week Description and Readings
W13 - Class presentation (complete)
W13 - Monday's class (15th May 2023)
W13 - Wednesday's class (17th May 2023)

Week 14(1) - Media and Social Change

This week our discussion will focus our attention on possible strategies to move “beyond the single story”, including the reduction of prejudice and discrimination, and in connection with the process of digital/media literacy.

W14(1) - Week Description and Readings
W14(1) - Class presentation (complete)
W14(1) - Monday's class (22nd May 2023)

Week 14(2) - Integration and Revision of the Module

In the fourteenth and last week of the module we will finish to integrate and review the module contents.

W14(2) - Week Description
W14(2) - Class presentation (complete)
W14(2) - Wednesday's class (24th May 2023) - In-class exercise 5 + Final Feedback