MEVIT3220 - Autumn 2006

Lecture Details Media and Globalisation MEVIT 3220/4220 Fall ‘06

The lectures are on Thursdays 14.15–16.00 (in week 35 on Thursday from 12.00-13.45 as well)

MMS=Mass Media and Society 4th ed. (Curran & Gurevitch, eds.), with ref. to chapter author

MGS=Media in a Globalized Society (Hjarvard, ed), with ref. to chapter author

(Literature in brackets is from the additional reading list for the MA students)

  • Wk 34: Introduction, overview 24 Aug Knut Lundby: Dimensions in the course description. Introduction to the field. Literature: Held & McGrew; Hesmondhalgh Introduction; MGS Introduction; MGS Hjarvard

  • Wk 35: Guest lectures 1-2, Liesbet van Zoonen (University of Amsterdam and IMK) 31 Aug (Thurs) Big Brother as a glocal format. Literature: Hesmondhalgh Ch. 8; MMS Hesmondhalgh; MMS Aldoory & Parry-Giles; MGS Bruun; (van Zoonen)

    31 Aug (Thurs) The supposed Americanization of politics. Literature: Held & McGrew Ch. 2; Hesmondhalgh Ch. 4; MMS Entman; MMS Thussu; MMS Dahlgren & Gurevitch; MGS Biltereyst

  • Wk 36: Comparative perspective 1, 7 Sept Sarah Chiumbu: Africa vs. Europe – in a political economy perspective. Literature: Hesmondhalgh Part 1 & Ch. 5; Thomas & Nain Part 1 & 2; MMS Murdock & Golding; MMS Miller & Slater; (Binsbergen & van Dijk)

  • Wk 37: Comparative perspective 2, 14 Sept Knut Lundby: Africa vs. Europe – in a cultural studies perspective. Literature: Hesmondhalgh Part 1; MMS Murdock & Golding; MMS Hallin & Mancini; MMS Miller & Slater; (Bondebjerg & Golding; Savage et al.; Lundby).

  • Wk 38: No lecture

  • Wk 39: Theoretical approach 1, 28 Sept Knut Lundby: Structuration theory. Literature: MMS Chadha & Kavoori; MMS Curran; MMS Hallin & Mancini

  • Wk 40: Guest lecture 3, 5 Oct Dag Asbj?rnsen (Filmfondet): Film from South vs. Hollywood as cultural industry. Literature: Hesmondhalgh Ch. 6

  • Wk 41: Theoretical approach 2, 12 Oct Knut Lundby: Network society theory. Literature: Hesmondhalgh Ch. 7; MMS Livingstone; MGS Hjarvard; MGS Jensen

  • Wk 42: Theoretical approach 3, 19 Oct Sarah Chiumbu: Information society theory. Literature: MMS Garnham; (Servaes & Carpentier; Webster; Hamelink; van Dijk; Castells)

  • Wk 43: Case, 26 Oct Knut Lundby: The cartoon conflict. Literature: MMS Sakr; MGS S?ndergaard

  • Wk 44: Guest lecture 4, 2 Nov Tore Slaatta (IMK): European public space and the media. Literature: MMS Hallin & Mancini; (Collins)

  • Wk 45: Theoretical approach 4, 9 Nov Knut Lundby: Theory on time/space disjuncture. Literature: MGS Hjarvard; MGS Frandsen; MGS Robins

  • Wk 46: No lecture

  • Wk 47: Theoretical approach 5, 23 Nov Sarah Chiumbu: Theory on global flows of communication. Literature: Thomas & Nain Part 3; MMS Le et al.; MGS Wildermuth

  • Wk 48: Summing up, 30 Nov Knut Lundby