Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course describes the history of the institutionalisation process of Information and Communication Sciences in the United States and France, by focusing on a few of the main original movements associated with ICS (political economy of communication industries, cultural studies, sociology of communications professionals, etc.). One part of the course will be dedicated to the introduction to documentary research in the area of ICS (research methodology, selective biography, presentation of the main scientific journals and available databases, etc.).
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The course has several objectives: to present the history of Information and Communication Sciences in the United States and France; introduce some of the main original movements associated with ICS (political economy of communication industries, cultural studies, sociology of communications professionals, etc.) and the main bibliographical references linked to them; to initiate students in the basic principles of documentary research. As regards the last point, reference journals and databases in the field of ICS will be presented and located during the course; the criteria allowing students to assess the level of reliability of a documentary source will be explained; there will also be an introduction to the Philosophy, Information and Communication section of the Bibliothèque Alpha, its publications and databases.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Within the framework of this course, students will be put into small groups to participate in a compulsory introductory seminar to documentary research. Organised as three-hour modules, these sessions will be led by a scientific member of staff from the Philosophy, Information and Communication section (Bibliothèque Alpha: K. Jacquet). Please note that students are obliged to attend these work sessions. The dates of these sessions will be announced at the beginning of March 2020 on infocom.ulg.ac.be
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Face-to-face
Recommended or required readings
Compulsory reading:
- PowerPoint presentation (in four parts) linked to the theory lectures (taught by G. Geuens). This document will be available on the myULg portal (mid-February 2020)
- PowerPoint version of "Training in documentary research" (Bibliothèque Alpha, ULg). These documents will be available on the myULg portal (mid-February 2020).
Recommended reading:
* Eric Maigret, Sociologie de la communication et des médias, Paris, Armand Colin, 2007.
* Philippe Breton et Serge Proulx, L'explosion de la communication, Paris, La Découverte, 2006.
* Bernard Miège, L'information-communication, objet de connaissance, Bruxelles-Paris, De Boeck & Larcier-Institut national de l'audiovisuel (INA), 2004.
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Organizational remarks
Classes will be held on: Tuesdays 13:00-15:00 (Kurth Room)
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Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
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Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session
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