Study Programmes 2015-2016
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| Introduction to information | ||
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Duration :
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| 30h Th | ||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| 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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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | ||
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Course contents :
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| I. Etymology and semantic evolution of the word "information". II. Formation and development of the model of information in media practices, from the Acta diurna to the Gazette of Renaudot and from the French Revolution to the present day. III. Theoretical concepts of information: Lasswell, Lazarsfeld & Katz, Wiener, Shannon & Weaver, Jakobson, McLuhan. IV. Practical concepts of information: Gate-Keeping, Agenda-Setting, constructivist approaches. V. Conclusions. Information and Communication: two equivalent notions? The course will feature an abundance of PowerPoint presentations. | ||
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| To introduce to various forms of information and to various conceptualisations, in the field of theories of communication and in the media. | ||
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| At least basic knowledge in English (because there are two texts in English in the portfolio). | ||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| The students have to read at least one daily newspaper. Topical issues will indeed be discussed at the beginning of each course and will be included in the final MCQ. | ||
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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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| A portfolio of compulsory readings. Here is the list of required readings, in order of difficulty: Armand et Michelle Mattelart, Histoire des théories de la communication (Paris, La Découverte, 1995) Patrice Flichy, Une histoire de la communication moderne (Paris, La Découverte, 1991) Daniel Bougnoux, La Communication contre l'Information (Paris, Hachette, 1995) Emmanuel Dion, Invitation à la théorie de l'information (Paris, Seuil, 1997) |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| not available | ||
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| Each course starts on time in order to devote the first quarter to a reviewing of the main concepts taught the week before or comments of some aspects of the journalistic construction of information or the contemporary mediatic system (led by the assistant). | ||
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Contacts :
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| Teacher
Pascal DURAND, ordinary teacher
Département des Arts et sciences de la communication
Place du 20-Août, 7, 2nd floor
pascal.durand@ulg.ac.be
Assistant Caroline Duchesne Place du 20-Août, 7, 2e étage Tél. 04 366 44 13 Caroline.Duchesne@ulg.ac.be (Tanguy.Habrand@ulg.ac.be ) Secretary's office Tel. 04 366 32 86 |
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Items online :
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 | Online Notes Notes are available on MyULg. |
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