Course Name | Alternative Media |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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NMC 473 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Prerequisites | None | |||||
Course Language | English | |||||
Course Type | Elective | |||||
Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
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Course Lecturer(s) | - | |||||
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Course Objectives | This course aims to explore the history, perspectives, definitions, and the social agents of alternative media practices, while encouraging the students to probe into alternative media projects, addressing its political, social, and cultural aspects. |
Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | This course provides the foundations for understanding the main theories, discourses and academic debates within alternative media, while probing into scholarship on its theory, history, politics, aesthetics, and practice. It explores a great variety of alternative media practices including subcultural, radical, tactical, social movement, community, participatory,\nethnic minority, indigenous and transnational media. The course also elaborates on the roles, opportunities, and challenges for these media in\nthe changing media ecosystem. |
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Supportive Courses | X | |
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Transferable Skill Courses |
Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | Introduction | |
2 | Critical reflections on mass media and mass communication | Chomsky, N. (1997) “What makes mainstream media mainstream”, in Z Magazine, available at: http://www.chomsky.info/articles/199710- -.htm - Couldry, N. and Curran, J. (eds.) (2003) Contesting Media Power: Alternative Media in a Networked World. Lenham: Rowman and Littlefield – Introduction |
3 | Defining alternative media | Atton, “Approaching Alternative Media: Theory and Methodology”; Rodriguez, “From Alternative Media to ‘Citizens’ Media”; Bailey, O. G., Cammaerts, B. and Carpentier, N. (2008) Understanding Alternative Media. Berkshire: Open University Press – chapter 1 |
4 | Underground press | Comedia (1984) “The Alternative Press: The Development of Underdevelopment”, in Media Culture and Society, vol. 6, pp. 95-102 |
5 | Community radio | Lewis, P. (1984) “Community Radio: The Montreal Conference and after”, in Media, Culture and Society, vol. 6, pp. 137-150 |
6 | Participatory video and access TV | Coyer, K., Dowmunt, T. and Fountain, A. (2007) The Alternative Media Handbook. London: Routledge – chapter 3 |
7 | Tactics of cultural resistance graffiti, jokes, street theatre, culture jamming | Downing, J. (2000) Radical Media: Rebellious Communication and Social Movements. CA: Sage - chapter 4 |
8 | Midterm | |
9 | Blurring realms | Papacharissi Z (2009) The virtual sphere 2.0: the internet, the public sphere and beyond. In Chadwick A and Howard P (eds) Routledge Handbook of Internet Politics. New York: Routledge, 230-245. - Dahlgren P (2009) Media and Political Engagement: Citizens, Communication and Democracy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press - chapter 3 |
10 | Commons knowledge, crowdsourcing | Lievrouw, L. (2011) Alternative and Activist Media. Cambridge: Polity Press – chapter 6 - Fuchs, C. (2013) Social Media: A Critical Introduction. London: Sage – chapter 10 |
11 | Participatory culture | Carpentier, “Defining Participation” Benkler, “Peer Production and Sharing” |
12 | Counter publics and power | Downing, “Power, Hegemony, Resistance,” “Social Movements, the Public Sphere, Networks,” & “Community, Democracy, Dialogue, and Radical Media” |
13 | New media activism | Lievrouw, “Introduction” and “Getting People on the ‘Street’” |
14 | Review of the semester | |
15 | Review of the semester | |
16 | Final Exam |
Course Notes/Textbooks | Couldry, N. and Curran, J. (eds.) (2003) Contesting Media Power: Alternative Media in a Networked World.ISBN-10: 0742523853; Bailey, O. G., Cammaerts, B. and Carpentier, N. (2008) Understanding Alternative Media. Berkshire: Open University Press. ISBN-10: 0335222102; Coyer, K., Dowmunt, T. and Fountain, A. (2007) The Alternative Media Handbook. London: Routledge.ISBN-10: 041535966X; Downing, J. (2000) Radical Media: Rebellious Communication and Social Movements.ISBN- 10: 0803956991; Chadwick A and Howard P (eds) Routledge Handbook of Internet Politics. New York: Routledge.ISBN-10:0415780586; Dahlgren P (2009) Media and Political Engagement: Citizens, Communication and Democracy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN-10: 0521527899; Lievrouw, L. (2011) Alternative and Activist Media. Cambridge: Polity Press. ISBN-10: 9780745641843 |
Suggested Readings/Materials |
Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation | 1 | 10 |
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Presentation / Jury | ||
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Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exam | ||
Midterm | 1 | 40 |
Final Exam | 1 | 50 |
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 2 | 50 |
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 50 |
Total |
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 2 | 28 |
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Project | |||
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Oral Exam | |||
Midterms | 1 | 10 | |
Final Exams | 1 | 30 | |
Total | 116 |
# | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | To be able to critically discuss and interpret the theories, concepts and ideas that form the basis of the discipline of new media and communication. | X | ||||
2 | To be able to critically interpret theoretical debates concerning the relations between the forms, agents, and factors that play a role in the field of new media and communication. | X | ||||
3 | To have the fundamental knowledge and ability to use the technical equipment and software programs required by the new media production processes. | |||||
4 | To be able to gather, scrutinize and scientifically investigate data in the processes of production and distribution. | |||||
5 | To be able to use the acquired theoretical knowledge in practice. | |||||
6 | To be able to take responsibility both individually and as a member of a group to develop solutions to problems encountered in the field of new media and communication. | |||||
7 | To be informed about national, regional, and global issues and problems; to be able to generate problem-solving methods depending on the quality of evidence and research, and to acquire the ability to report the conclusions of those methods to the public. | X | ||||
8 | To be able to critically discuss and draw on theories, concepts and ideas that form the basis of other disciplines complementing the field of new media and communication studies. | |||||
9 | To be able to develop and use knowledge and skills towards personal and social goals in a lifelong process. | |||||
10 | To be able to apply social, scientific and professional ethical values in the field of new media and communication. | |||||
11 | To be able to collect datain the areas of new media and communication and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). | |||||
12 | To be able to speak a second foreign language at a medium level of fluency efficiently. | |||||
13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. |
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