Media Theory

Engineering & Social Sciences Program
Madrid, Spain

Dates: 8/28/22 - 12/23/22

Engineering & Social Sciences

Media Theory

Media Theory Course Overview

OVERVIEW

CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Location: Madrid, Spain
Primary Subject Area: Journalism
Instruction in: English
Course Code: 13267
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 100
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 42

DESCRIPTION

1. Communication as scientific discipline
2.Communication and information
3. Mass media and popular culture
4. The "magic bullet theory": mass society and propaganda theories
5. The paths to persuasion.
6. Mass media, conversation and public opinion
7. The functionalist approach.
8. Structuralism, semiotics and the media.
9. Critical theory and the cultural industry.
10. The software effects of harwdare: McLuhan, Moles & Morin.
11. From cultural studies theory to cultural studies as metatheory
12. Theories on the long-term effects of media exposure
13. Narratives about the "Information society"


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