Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
| Master in multilingual communication, professional focus in digital media education (Réinscription uniquement, pas de nouvelle inscription) | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
In 2026-2027, the course Public and Interpersonal Communication in the Digital Space will focus on various applications, devices and tools incorporating artificial intelligence (text and image generation, translation, data processing, among others). By addressing, in particular, the history of these technologies, as well as the ethical, aesthetic, and ontological questions they raise, the course aims to foster a genuine cross-fertilization between practices and theories. The aim, therefore, will not be to oppose, in a process of mutual verification, a set of critical theories to a set of technologies and practices that shape them. Rather, the course will reconsider how AI and various theories drawn from the fields of media studies, public sphere studies, and the digital humanities can critically engage with and question one another.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The aim of the course is to provide students with the theoretical tools and empirical knowledge essential for developing a critical, yet non-technophobic, approach to AI. By the end of the course, they will be able to identify, problematize, and constructively critique a range of possible uses of AI across various professional sectors broadly related to public and interpersonal communication.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The first sessions will take the form of ex-cathedra lectures (providing a historical and theoretical introduction), interspersed with periods devoted to viewing and reading AI-generated productions. The course will then adopt a flipped-classroom approach: students will be invited to complete readings at home, which will subsequently serve as the basis for in-class discussions.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Blended learning
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Platform(s) used for course materials:
- eCampus
- Microsoft Teams
Further information:
Platform(s) used for course materials:
- eCampus
Further information:
The slideshows (PowerPoint presentations), the texts seen in class and the assigned readings will be made available to the students via eCampus.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam AND oral exam
Written work / report
Further information:
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Written work / report
Further information:
Each student will be assessed on the basis of an individual project that will take two successive forms. First, each student will give a 30-minute oral presentation during the final class session. Second, at the beginning of the January examination session, each student will submit a digital version of their research and analytical project, which may take the form of a podcast, poster, series of posts or reels, website, educational video, or any other type of digital communication production of their choice. This final version of the project will be defended individually in an oral examination during the examination session.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
The schedule will be prepared in consultation with students.
Contacts
Björn-Olav Dozo
bo.dozo@uliege.be
+32 4 366 52 14
Jeremy Hamers
jhamers@uliege.be
+32 4 366 32 44