| Course title | A Critical Reader of "New" Media |
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| Course code | KOL/CRM |
| Organizational form of instruction | Seminary |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| Year of study | not specified |
| Semester | Winter and summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 5 |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Status of course | Compulsory-optional |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
| Course availability | The course is available to visiting students |
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| Course content |
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Session 1. The meaning of meaning and how to deal with it. Session 2. Signs, what they do, what they are. Session 3. The semiotics of culture. Session 4. Narrative and possible worlds. Session 5. The problem of interaction. Session 6. The semiotics of art. Session 7. Gamer Wittgenstein. Session 8. Political power in the funnies. Session 9. Traditionalizing the weird. Session 10. Texts beyond their container. Session 11. How to do things with images. Session 12. Rinse and repeat in the normalization of new media.
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
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| Learning outcomes |
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The class will help students familiarize with technical semiotic and philosophical concepts in order to integrate the cultural objects of study into a larger picture of cultural meaning-making. The idea is to ultimately develop strategies for understanding "new" media critically, incorporating different means of analysis with a clear reading of the cultural texts that belong to the category of non-traditional media that we are interested in here.
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| Prerequisites |
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There are no prerequisites for the class. The class will be held in English, so knowledge of the language is an absolute must. Having a basic knowledge of some semiotic principles will go a long way, but the class is intended for anyone interested in these topics in a serious and critical manner.
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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unspecified
The evaluation of the class will consist on writing a short midterm paper and a final paper on topics that pertain to the class. |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): General Linguistics and Communication Theory (2021) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): General Linguistics and Communication Theory (2019) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): General Lingvistics and Theory of Communication (2014) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): General Lingvistics (2021) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): General Lingvistics (2022) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): General Linguistics and Communication Theory (2021) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): General Linguistics and Communication Theory (2019) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): General Lingvistics (2019) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |