N20-59 - Systems of informing
| Course specification | ||||
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| Type of study | Bachelor academic studies | |||
| Study programme | ||||
| Course title | Systems of informing | |||
| Acronym | Status | Semester | Number of classes | ECTS |
| N20-59 | mandatory | 5 | 3L + 1E | 6.0 |
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| Lecturer | ||||
| Lecturer/Associate (practicals) | ||||
| Prerequisite | Form of prerequisites | |||
| According to the Study Rules of the first study cycle. | Attended classes and exercises. | |||
| Learning objectives | ||||
| The aim of studying this subject is to acquire knowledge about the quality and structure of the active, institutional and passive, non-institutional part of the information and communication system (ICS), as well as to get acquainted with the meaning of these terms in mediaology and communication. Active agents of the IKS are represented by the state (as a source of information, as a regulator for the sphere of information and media, and the state as a subject in international communication), then political parties (genesis, activities, goals, campaigning and electoral action, spin and political communication). and religious organizations as active factors of IKS that can influence the scope and duration of information. In addition, the course includes teaching units that deal with the consequences of the actions of advertisers, the advertising industry and PR on media production and the journalistic field of action (Pjer Bourdije). The receiving structure of IKS is analyzed as a segment that has less communication power and that represents the field of human choice, i.e. the right to participate or be excluded from the process of social and political communication. Within this structure, three types of collectivities are considered, which are qualitatively different from each other: the mass, the audience and the public. | ||||
| Learning outcomes | ||||
| Students will become familiar with the broad context of the contemporary interpretation of information systems as a "group" of institutional and non-institutional parts of society. They will get acquainted with some of the most important models of social communication, in order to better understand the structure and process of social communication. Students will be presented with contemporary interpretations of the state, political parties, religious organizations, capital owners, etc. and their roles in the media sphere. By studying these phenomena and their interrelationship with the media and the public, students will be trained to recognize some important phenomena in social reality that affect the quality of public and mass information; such as: spins, manipulation, propaganda, pressure, "rebellious masses", fragmented publics, mediatized publics, clientelism and others. | ||||
| Content | ||||
| Theoretical consideration of the concept of information and contemporary attributes of information. Assumptions and emergence of the information and communication system (ICS). Sapir's division. Kastels' understanding of the dual city phenomenon. Definition of the term and subject of study of IKS. Models of the IKS system. Determinants of IKS. State and media. Political parties and IKS. Religious organizations and IKS. Social groups as determinants of IKS. The phenomenon of spin doctors and spinning. Capital owners and advertisers in IKS. Minorities and media, minority media. Professional groups of communicators. Mass, audience, public and IKS. Cyberspace and the public sphere. | ||||
| Teaching Methods | ||||
| Ex cathedra lectures, individual interactivity, group works, exercises, consultations, involvement in project work (when possible) | ||||
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| Evaluation and grading | ||||
| Assessment and evaluation of student work and knowledge takes place through a colloquium (2), independent student papers and a final, oral exam. In addition to the ability to reproduce the content of the subject, the ability to think analytically and connect ideas is especially tested. | ||||
| Specific remarks | ||||
| N20-59 | ||||