2017-2018 / COMU0025-1

Critical theory of information

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

 Master in sociology (120 ECTS)3 crédits 
 Master in multilingual communication (120 ECTS)5 crédits 
 Master in journalism (120 ECTS)5 crédits 
 Master in information and communication (60 ECTS)5 crédits 

Lecturer

Geoffrey Geuens

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

Face-to-face

Recommended or required readings

*Compulsory reading
- Scientific and popular science articles (see the educational commitment's 'course notes', myULg)
* Recommended reading - François Chesnais, Les dettes illégitimes. ¿Quand les banques font main basse sur les politiques publiques, Paris, Raisons d'agir, 2011
- Julien Duval, Le mythe du 'trou de la Sécu', Paris, Raisons d'agir, 2007
- Alice Krieg-Planque, Analyser les discours institutionnels, Paris, Armand Colin, 2012 - Various articles in Pascal Durand (under dir. of), Les nouveaux mots du pouvoir. Abécédaire critique, Bruxelles, Editions Aden, 2007:

  • 'Austérité' (E. Piscart)
  • 'Compétitivité' (M. Chopplet)
  • 'Confiance' (V. Teboul-Weber)
  • 'Consensus' (J.-L. Siroux)
  • 'Conservateur' (J.-M. Klinkenberg)
  • 'Coût salarial/non-salarial' (C. Gobin)
  • 'Dialogue social' (C. Gobin)
  • 'Modération salariale' (J.-M. Klinkenberg)
  • 'Otage(s)' (P. Durand)
  • 'Populisme' (A. Collovald)
  • 'Réformes' (P. Durand)
  • 'Vieillisement démographique' (C. Gobin)

Assessment methods and criteria

A piece of work, done in groups of four or five, must be handed in at the very beginning of the exam session May-June 2018. This work is equivalent to an exam. Its aim is to check what the students have learnt and their knowledge of the area concerning the analysis of media discourses. For this purpose, students must specify:
1° the subject(s) of study; 2° their problem(s);  3° their working hypothesis(es); 4° their methodology(ies); 5° their corpus 6° their scientific resources (bibliography, sitography, etc.) Detailed instructions for the work will be posted on myULg at the beginning of March 2018. 

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Classes are held every Monday: 9:00-11:00 (Moyen Physique Room)

Contacts

Teacher: Geoffrey Geuens, Département des Arts et Sciences de la Communication, Place du 20-Août, 7, 4000 Liège (Bât. A1, 4th floor). Tel.: 04 366 32 78. E-mail: Geoffrey.Geuens@ulg.ac.be Geoffrey Geuens will hold tutorials every week (Tuesdays: 9:00-12:00). Assistant: Mr. Julien Marique (on duty: Tuesdays: 9:00-11:00)
Secretariat: Anne-Marie D'Acchille, Département des Arts et Sciences de la Communication, Place du 20-Août, 7, 4000 Liège (Bât. A1, 4th floor). Tel.: 04 366 32 79. Fax: 04 366 51 84. E-mail: AM.DAcchille@ulg.ac.be
 

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