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| COMU0025-1 | Critical theory of information
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Pascal Durand |
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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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| In 2012-2013 there will be two sections to this course. The first section will be based on a social theory of mediatic discourse and of structural censorship. The second will consist in in-depth analysis of the news provided by the french magazine Paris-Match. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| This course takes the form of an intensive research seminar covering a range of press articles but also books about the press. It will not only encourage an in-depth analysis of the mechanisms behind journalistic discourse, but also gives students the methodological training for drafting their final dissertation. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Students will make a first reading of each issue of the magazine Paris-Match at home, every week, before the lecture. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| See : http://cipl82.philo.ulg.ac.be/horaires |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| References: Pierre Bourdieu, Langage et pouvoir symbolique (Paris, Seuil, coll. " Points ", 2001) and Pascal Durand, La Censure invisible (Arles, Actes Sud, 2006). Students must have at their own disposal every weekly issue of Paris-Match.
Several scientific papers will also be recommended during the course. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Oral examination. |
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Course head
Pascal DURAND, lecturer,
Department of the art and science of communication, Place du 20-Août, 7, 2nd floor
pascal.durand@ulg.ac.be
Assistante
Caroline DUCHESNE
Caroline.Duchesne@ulg.ac.be
tél. 04 366 44 13
Secrétariat
Tél. 04 366 32 79 |
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