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Study programmes 2013-2014Last update : 13/05/2014
COMU0025-1  Critical theory of information

Duration :  30h Th
Number of credits :  
Master in Sociology, in-depth approach, 2nd year3
Master in Linguistics, Research focus, 1st year5
Master en communication multilingue, à finalité spécialisée en communication culturelle internationale, 1st year5
Master en communication multilingue, à finalité spécialisée en communication culturelle internationale, 2nd year5
Master en communication multilingue, à finalité spécialisée en communication économique et sociale., 1st year5
Master en communication multilingue, à finalité spécialisée en communication économique et sociale., 2nd year5
Master in Information and Communication, Professional Focus in Journalism, 1st year4
Master en communication multilingue, à finalité spécialisée en langue et culture, 1st year5
Master en communication multilingue, à finalité spécialisée en langue et culture, 2nd year5
Master in Information and Communication, Professional Focus in Cultural Mediation and Book-related Professions, 1st year4
Master in Information and Communication5
Lecturer :  Pascal Durand
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
Organisation and examination :  
Teaching in the second semester
Course contents :  
In 2013-14, there will be two sections to this course. The first section will be based on critical genealogy of several forms of discursive censorship and relations to this censorship. The second will consist in in-depth analysis of discourses related to the so-called "Nouveaux Réactionnaires" position.
Learning outcomes of the course :  
This course takes the form of an intensive research seminar. It will not only encourage an in-depth analysis of the mechanisms behind mediatic discourse, but also gives students the methodological training for drafting their final dissertation.
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
Group research about mediatic figures of the "Nouveaux Réactionnaires" way of thinking and tv-shows where they usually appear (such as "Ce soir ou jamais" ou "On n'est pas couché").
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
See : http://cipl82.philo.ulg.ac.be/horaires
Recommended or required readings :  
References: Pierre Bourdieu, Langage et pouvoir symbolique (Paris, Seuil, coll. " Points ", 2001) and Pascal Durand, La Censure invisible (Arles, Actes Sud, 2006). Several scientific papers will also be recommended during the course.
Assessment methods and criteria :  
Oral and written examination.
Work placement(s) :  
Organizational remarks :  
Contacts :  
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 Collaboratrice FNRS Sarah Sindaco
Secrétariat Tél. 04 366 32 79

Items online :  
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