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| COMU0024-2 | Socioeconomy of communication groups
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Number of credits : |
| Master in Sociology, in-depth approach, 2nd year | | 3 |
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| Master in Performing Arts, Professional Focus in Film and Audiovisual Studies, 1st year | | 5 |
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| Master in Performing Arts, Professional Focus in Film and Audiovisual Studies, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Master in Information and Communication, Professional Focus in Journalism, 1st year | | 4 |
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| Master in Information and Communication, Professional Focus in Cultural Mediation and Book-related Professions, 1st year | | 4 |
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| Lecturer : | Geoffrey Geuens |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January |
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Course contents :
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| The course will construct the morphological profile for the main Belgian, French and American communication groups. The analysis of the leadership and financial structure of the companies studied will lead us to critical reflections on the relationship between information and the field of power, and this will be done within the framework of a strict interdisciplinary approach. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Because a field of scientific reflection like this one is crisscrossed from every direction by ideological and political agendas, regarding which one must absolutely take one's distance, this course will be based primarily upon the use of an empirical method. With this in mind, here are the principal objectives aimed at by the course :
1) to present the main Belgian, French and American communication groups (divisions, shareholders, board of directors...) ;
2) to measure relationships of competition and/or cooperation that obtain between companies in our sample ;
3) to evaluate the logic of consolidation, and concentration operating in the sector ;
4) to study the increasing interpenetration between the boards of directors of the main communications groups and various other institutions such as international economic organizations and business lobbyists ;
5) to rethink in a fundamental way the relations between the communication, political power, and society, avoiding misleading (though sometimes dominant) representations of this situation ;
6) to introduce students to research in the field of socioeconomics of communication industries. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| None |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| After a first hour class devoted to the theory, the teacher will introduce students to research in the field of socio-economics of communication industries. These practical activities are preparatory to the individual research paper that each student will submit at the end of the course. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face-to-face |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Required readings :
1) Chapters I, II, III and IV from Geoffrey Geuens, Les vieilles élites de la nouvelle économie, Paris, P.U.F., 2011 ;
2) A powerpoint with informations concerning the main Belgian communication groups (My ULg) |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Individual work, worth one third of the final grade, will be required of each student. It will, on this occasion, verify the achievements of students in research in the field of socio-economics of communication industries. Work instructions will be deposited on My ULg early October 2012. The work should be strictly submitted in the box of Geoffrey Geuens for Thursday, December 20, 2012, at the latest.
Students who have not deposited their work may not present oral examination.
The oral examination, worth two-thirds of the final grade, will test the theoretical knowledge of the course and the students' ability to exercise a critical view of the exposed material. The material over which students will be examined includes :
1° Chapters I, II, III and IV from Geoffrey Geuens, Les vieilles élites de la nouvelle économie, Paris, P.U.F., 2011 ;
2° theoretical lectures by the teacher, including information communicated through PowerPoint slide shows and school cases that have been the object of detailed analysis. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| 30h, first quad., each tuesday, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., "Salle Lumière" (Commu I) |
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Contacts :
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| Instructor : Geoffrey Geuens, Département des « Arts et Sciences de la Communication », Place du 20-Août, 7, 4000 Liège (Bldg. A1, 4th floor). Tel. : 04 366 32 78. E-mail : Geoffrey.Geuens@ulg.ac.be Geoffrey Geuens will meet students every Thursday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Secretary : Anne-Marie D'Acchille, Département des « Arts et Sciences de la Communication », Place du 20-Août, 7, 4000 Liège (Bldg. A1, 4th floor). Tel. : 04 366 32 79. Fax : 04 366 51 84. E-mail : AM.DAcchille@ulg.ac.be |
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