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| PEAV0016-1 | Information theories and analysis
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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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 second semester |
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Course contents :
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| The course aims to install the main tools of media discourse analysis and understand the role of media in shaping public debate. This year, the course will submit to analysis a corpus of press articles dealing with "insecurity problems" and security policies. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Being able to analyze press discourse and media construction of public debate. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Three individual written exercises are planned, to be drafted at home, in preparation for the examination. Only the second and the last will be considered for the final evaluation (50% of the examination score). |
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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 reading : a reading portfolio consisting of newspaper articles and theoretical texts on the media representations of social facts. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Written examination. |
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