Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
| Master in multilingual communication (120 ECTS) (Digital media education) | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English 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
Description of the teaching unit:
This teaching unit aims at equipping the student to understand the stakes of digital media education, by first addressing their specificities, in particular the escorting discourses that condition their use by the public. The course will then provide the theoretical bases useful for the analysis of computerized media and digital messages, as well as a methodological orientation.A second part of the course will deal with case studies and will serve as preparation for the individual assessment work.
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Observing critically the digital media and the escort discourse of digital literacy;
- Theories: The current challenges of Digital Media Education - Convergence and Participatory Culture - Surveillance capitalism in a digitized world - On transparency;
- Methods: Framework for digital media analysis and (digital) media literacy development;
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Practices: Holding a media diary - exchanges around case studies.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of this teaching unit, the student will be able to produce a critical analysis of a digital media by mobilizing the theoretical and methodological elements discussed in the course.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Pre-requisites: Having followed and passed the following teaching units:
COMU0436-1: History and theory of media education and literacy
COMU0439-1 Digital media archeology
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Oral lecture and note-taking by the student; explanation and discussion of texts; case study discussions.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
Face-to-face courses (except where adaptations are required by the sanitary context).
Recommended or required readings
Required reading:
Buckingham, David. 2019. The Media Education Manifesto. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press.
Reading portfolio (eCampus)
Assessment methods and criteria
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- Remote
written exam
Written work / report
Additional information:
The assessment will be based on a personal work analysing a digital media, to be submitted on eCampus on the first day of the examination session.
The assessment will be based on the following criteria:
- Formally: compliance with the requirements for the submission of an academic work (correct use of language, layout, clarity, coherence, structure, referencing of sources in bibliography, etc.)
- In terms of content: correct use of the theoretical and analytical tools covered in the course in order to produce a relevant analysis of the digital media; ability to show reflexivity.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Ingrid.Mayeur@uliege.be