Media and Communication Studies, Media Law

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The course comprises the following sub-areas:

1. Basics of communication science

Basic orientations of modern communication science:

_the system-theoretical / constructivist cognitive model of social communication

_the interpretive paradigm of symbolic interactionism

_the emancipatory understanding of the "theory of communicative action")

2. Media science basics

_ Which theoretical approaches are used to examine and describe media?

_ Approaches and methods in media (culture) research

_methodical knowledge of media and content analysis

_historical, analytical and theoretical knowledge of the cultural, political and sociological functions of media

3. Basics of media law

• The students know different communication models and can e.g. differentiate between factual and relationship communication.
• The students have a knowledge of communication theories on which creative action is based.
• You are familiar with the determinants and conditions of successful communication.
• The students can explain different basic orientations of modern communication science (such as the system-theoretical / constructivist cognitive model of social communication; the interpretative paradigm of symbolic interactionism; the emancipatory understanding of the "theory of communicative action").
• The students are able to understand the relationship between communication theory and communication reality based on selected observations.
• The students have knowledge of media and content analysis
• They have historical, analytical and theoretical knowledge of the cultural, political and sociological functions of media.
• They can name the construction parameters of the media culture.
• They know the approaches and methods of media (culture) research.
• They know the media law fundamentals that are relevant in the design context.

Lecture / discussion / practical research exercises / reading & self-study

Written examination and reflection work

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• Burkart, Roland (2002): Kommunikationswissenschaft. Grundlagen und Problemfelder. Umrisse einer interdisziplinären Sozialwissenschaft. 4., überarbeitete und aktualisierte Auflage.
• Baumann, Zygmunt (2007): Leben als Konsum. Hamburg: Hamburger Edition
• Schweiger, Wolfgang; Fahr, Andreas; SpringerLink (Online service) (2013): In: Schweiger W.,
• Fahr A. (Eds.), Handbuch Medienwirkungsforschung (für Fachhochschule Vorarlberg im Campusnetz. 2013 ed.). Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden.
• Katz, Elihu; Lazersfeld, Paul F. (1955): Personal Influence. The Part Played by People in Mass Communication. New York: Free Press.
• Krotz, Friedrich (2008): Handlungstheorien und symbolischer Interaktionismus als Grundlage kommunikationswissenschaftlicher Forschung. (pp. 29-47). VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-90778-9_2
• Luhmann, Niklas (1996): Die Realität der Massenmedien. 2., erweiterte Auflage. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag.
• Hepp, Andreas (2011): Medienkultur. Die Kultur mediatisierter Welten. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.
• Faulstich, Werner (1991): Medientheorien. Einführung und Überblick. Göttingen: Kleine Vandenhoeck-Reihe.
• Flusser, Vilém (2007): Kommunikologie. Frankfurt am Main: Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag

Face-to-face instruction with mandatory attendance and asynchronous learning units