Duration
15h Th
Number of credits
| Master in communication (120 ECTS) | 2 crédits | |||
| Master in French and Romance languages and literatures : general (120 ECTS) | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
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
Learning unit contents
The course will make a deep insight into the "digital turn" of the publishing industry, from author to reader. Each lecture will focus on a specific thematic.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
1. Understanding, thanks to cases studies, its internal (between several economical systems) as well as external tensions (regarding traditional publishing or other medias).
2. Developing in-depth knowledge of the possibilities offered by the digital revolution in terms of books.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
The timetable will be set in agreement with the students, who are requested to get in touch with the lecturer at the start of the academic year.
See: http://www.infocom.ulg.ac.be
Recommended or required readings
Recommended readings :
- ANDERSON (Chris), La Longue traîne, Paris, Pearson Education France, 2007 [2006].
- DACOS (Marin) et MOUNIER (Pierre), L'édition électronique, Paris, La Découverte, 2010.
- DONNAT (Olivier), Les Pratiques culturelles des français à l'ère numérique, Paris, La Découverte, 2009.
- DOUYÈRE (David) et REILLIER (Frédéric), « L'édition électronique », dans LEGENDRE (Bertrand) (dir.), Les Métiers de l'édition, Paris, Éditions du Cercle de la Librairie, 2007, pp. 79-135.
- DURAND (Pascal), « Quant au livre. Prophéties et pouvoirs », dans MICHON (Jacques), Éditions et Pouvoirs, Laval, Presses de l'Université de Laval, 1995, pp. 285-304.
- DURAND (Pascal) et WINKIN (Yves), « L'Avenir du livre : morts et transfigurations », dans Guide des médias, Deurne, Kluwer, 1992.
- JACQUESSON (Alain), Google Livres et le futur des bibliothèques numériques, Paris, Éditions du Cercle de la librairie, 2010.
- JEANNENEY (Jean-Noël), Quand Google défie l'Europe, Paris, Mille et Une Nuits, 2010.
- MOLLIER (Jean-Yves) (dir.), Où va le livre ?, La Dispute, 2007.
- ROBIN (Christian), Les livres dans l'univers numérique, La Documentation Française, « Études de la Documentation française », 2011.
- ROUET (François), Le livre. Mutations d'une industrie culturelle, Paris, La Documentation française, 2007.
Assessment methods and criteria
The examination will be both oral and written. The written examination will consist in a paper of 10 000 caracters on a subject defined by the teacher for each student. The oral examination is an interrogation about the written dissertation, related to the course.
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.
Björn-Olav Dozo, CIPL, bât. A4, tel. 04 366 5214, bo.dozo@ulg.ac.be.
Assistant, Tanguy Habrand, Place du 20-Août, 7, 2nd floor, tel. 04 366 5717, tanguy.habrand@ulg.ac.be.
Secretariat, tel. 04 366 32 86.