Master lecture Comparing Media Landscapes

  • Teaching

    Details

    Faculty Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences
    Domain Communication and Media Research
    Code 6640-1520
    Languages English
    Type of lesson Lecture
    Level Master
    Semester SA-2019

    Schedules and rooms

    Summary schedule Thursday 10:15 - 12:00, Hebdomadaire, PER 21, Room C230
    Hours per week
    		2

    Teaching

    Responsibles
    Teachers
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    Description The term media landscape refers to the distinctive features of the media in any given country. But how can we explain differences and similarities between different media landscapes? How can we explain the quality of TV programs or newspapers we watch and read? How can we explain the fact that only very few successful private television stations exist in small states like Switzerland but so many strong TV companies in bigger neighboring countries? To modify Bill Clinton’s famous dictum: “It’s the structures, stupid!”. Media structures go a long way towards explaining media performance. Comparative analyses of media landscapes are essential to better understand the conditions under which media content is produced. This lecture serves as an introduction and immersion into comparative media and communication research. It not only offers an overview of comparatives approaches in various research fields but also focuses on research in different world regions.
    Training objectives

    1) You will become acquainted with basic theoretical and methodological approaches for analyzing media and communication in a comparative perspective.

    2) You will gain an overview of relevant and topical research comparing various aspects of media landscapes and of media and communication research in different world regions.

    3) You will be able to critically assess existing studies and to discuss their contribution to communication research and practice.
    Comments

    Leistungsnachweis: Aktive Beteiligung an Übungen und Diskussionen; Verfassen eines Essays (7 Seiten) zu einem Vorlesungsthema nach Wahl

    Soft Skill Studierende und Erasmus zugelassen
    Softskills
    		Yes
    Off field
    		No
    BeNeFri
    		Yes
    Mobility
    		Yes
    UniPop
    		No

    Documents

    Bibliography A reader will be available at the beginning of the semester.
  • Dates and rooms
    Date Hour Type of lesson Place
    19.09.2019 10:15 - 12:00 Cours PER 21, Room C230
    26.09.2019 10:15 - 12:00 Cours PER 21, Room C230
    03.10.2019 10:15 - 12:00 Cours PER 21, Room C230
    10.10.2019 10:15 - 12:00 Cours PER 21, Room C230
    17.10.2019 10:15 - 12:00 Cours PER 21, Room C230
    24.10.2019 10:15 - 12:00 Cours PER 21, Room C230
    31.10.2019 10:15 - 12:00 Cours PER 21, Room C230
    07.11.2019 10:15 - 12:00 Cours PER 21, Room C230
    14.11.2019 10:15 - 12:00 Cours PER 21, Room C230
    21.11.2019 10:15 - 12:00 Cours PER 21, Room C230
    28.11.2019 10:15 - 12:00 Cours PER 21, Room C230
    05.12.2019 10:15 - 12:00 Cours PER 21, Room C230
    12.12.2019 10:15 - 12:00 Cours PER 21, Room C230
    19.12.2019 10:15 - 12:00 Cours PER 21, Room C230
  • Assessments methods

    Evaluation continue - SA-2019, Session d'hiver 2020

    Assessments methods By rating
    Descriptions of Exams

    Essay/Paper

    No retake exam
  • Assignment
    Valid for the following curricula:
    Accounting and Finance 90 ECTS [MA]
    Version: 2017/SA_v01
    Courses: min. 63 ECTS > Any Master courses of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, as well as maximum 9 ECTS from all Master programmes of the University. > Additional SES courses at Master's level
    Branche secondaire Master: gestion d'entreprise
    Version: 2019/SA_v01
    Cours facultatifs à choisir: Cours master de la Faculté des sciences économiques et sociales > Additional SES courses at Master's level
    Business Communication - Economics 90 ECTS [MA]
    Version: SP 2017 ECO 2015
    Courses > Communication > Cours et séminaires au choix: Au choix deux des enseignements suivants à 3 ECTS > Cours et séminaires au choix de la Faculté des SES
    Business Communication - Ethics and Economics 90 ECTS [MA]
    Version: SP 2017 ETHIQUE
    Courses - 60 ECTS > Communication > Cours et séminaires au choix: Au choix deux des enseignements suivants à 3 ECTS > Cours et séminaires au choix de la Faculté des SES
    Business Communication - Information Systems 90 ECTS [MA]
    Version: 2019/SA-v01
    Courses - 60 ECTS > Communication > Cours et séminaires au choix: Au choix deux des enseignements suivants à 3 ECTS > Cours et séminaires au choix de la Faculté des SES
    Business Communication - Management 90 ECTS [MA]
    Version: 2019/SA_v01 MAN
    Courses - 60 ECTS > Communication > Cours et séminaires au choix: Au choix deux des enseignements suivants à 3 ECTS > Cours et séminaires au choix de la Faculté des SES
    Courses - 60 ECTS > Chosen Option > Management > 6 crédits ECTS peuvent être crédités pour des cours de Master de la Faculté des sciences économiques et sociales qui ne font pas partie intégrante de l’un des modules à choix ci-dessus > Additional SES courses at Master's level
    Communication and Media Research 90 ECTS [MA]
    Version: 2015
    Courses - 60 ECTS > Inter- and Transdisciplinary Perspectives > Additional SES courses at Master's level
    Courses - 60 ECTS > Basismodul «Theories, Methods and Research Fields»
    Complementary learings in SES
    Version: ens_compl_ses
    MA course offering for Mobility Students
    Economics 90 ECTS [MA]
    Version: 2017/SA_v01
    Cours - 63 ECTS > Maximal 15 ECTS können aus allen Modulen oder unter allen Master-Kursen der Fakultät gewählt werden. > Additional SES courses at Master's level
    European Business 90 ECTS [MA]
    Version: 2017/SA_v01
    Courses - 63 ECTS > Additional courses: Any Master courses of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, as well as maximum 9 ECTS from all Master programmes of the University. > Additional SES courses at Master's level
    European Business 90 ECTS [MA]
    Version: 2007
    Courses - 63 ECTS > Additional courses: Any Master courses of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, as well as maximum 9 ECTS from all Master programmes of the University. > Additional SES courses at Master's level
    European Studies 30 [MA]
    Version: SA14_MA_PS_bil_v01
    Enjeux économiques, politiques et sociaux en Europe > Modul "Economie" (Option A)
    German 120
    Version: SA16_BA_dt_V02
    Soft Skills
    Management 90 ECTS [MA]
    Version: 2017/SA_v01
    Courses: min. 63 ECTS > Cours facultatifs : max. 18 ECTS > Additional SES courses at Master's level
    Management 90 ECTS [MA]
    Version: 2002
    Cours > Elective courses: max. 18 ECTS > Additional SES courses at Master's level
    Management 90 ECTS [MA] - SA/2019
    Version: 2020/SA-v01
    Courses: min. 63 ECTS > Elective Courses : max. 18 ECTS > Additional SES courses at Master's level
    Masternebenfach: Kommunikationswissenschaft und Medienforschung
    Version: 2015
    Kurse > Vorlesung "Comparing Media Landscapes" (HS)
    Sciences économiques et sociales
    Version: 2018/SP_v01 ses_BeNeFri
    Course > MA course offering for BeNeFri Students
    1026 6 International and European Business 90 [MA]
    Version: 2020/SA-v01
    Courses > Additional courses: Any Master courses of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, as well as maximum 9 ECTS from all Master programmes of the University. > Additional SES courses at Master's level