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Information for your last lecture (Dec. 3)
The venue of your last lecture will be :
Grupperom 7 Georg Sverdrups hus (library building)
N.B.: Prepare questions on all the concepts, theories, and issues you might have found difficult to understand
Information on exam submission
The home exam in MEVIT3220 must be submitted in Fronter. The deadline is Dec 10th at 2:00 pm.
Good luck!
Reminder
No lectures this week
Next lecture: Thursday November 19
Change of schedule for this week's lecture
Dear students,
I am afraid I made a mistake in the last mail I sent to you concerning the schedule for the MEVIT4220/3220 lecture on week 45 with Raymond Boyle. The lecture will take place on Wednesday November 4 at 14.15 pm, rather than on Friday november 6 as previously announced. the venue of the lecture is Grupperom 4 at Georg Sverdrups Hus (Library for Humanities and Social Sciences building) .I know this is a bit on short notice, but the error was only discovered now.
Please confirm by e-mail whether you will be able to attend
Sorry for the inconvenience
Reminder
N.B.: Your lecture next week (week 45) with guest lecturer Raymond Boyle will take place on Friday, November 6 at 14.15 pm, seminar-room 205 and not on Thursday 10.15 am. as usual.
This notice applies only for this lecture. All other lectures will take place at the usual time and place
Dear All,
Colin Sparks, who wrote the eminent Globalization Development and the Mass Media, which is on your syllabus and which I assume you have all read by now, is giving a lecture at the Freedom of Expression Foundation (Fritt Ord) on Wednesday, November 4th from 12.00-14.00
The lecture is titled "Chinese Media – Rapid marketization and political control"
Fritt Ord is located at Uranienborgveien 2, click here for a map
REMINDER
This is to remind you that we are moving back to our usual venue at 205 Seminarrom 澳门葡京手机版app下载sparken your lectures from now on
Information for next lecture
The topic of your next lecture has been changed to News in a globalized society
The required readings are:
Hafez (Ch. 6, 9)
Bielsa (2008)
Dimitrova et al. (2005)
Archetti (2008)
Clausen (2004)
(I will send copies of the four last items of the reading list in an e-mail attachment)
Change of venue for lectures on Oct. 15 and Oct. 22
The lecture tomorrow and that on 22 Oct. will take place in Auditorium 3 at Sophus Bugges hus (one of the buildings at the Humanities faculty)
Information for next lecture (Oct. 15)
This is to announce a change in the topic for your next lecture. On the current lecture schedule, it shows that it will be about "Mediated Global Media Events". As you know, this lecture has already been held earlier. I have simply forgotten to update the schedule.
So, N.B.: The new title of your next lecture is "Hollywood Planet": Cinema Industries and the Global Popular*.
Required reading:
Hesmondhalgh (ch. 10)
Hjarvard (207 - 256)
Kerr, A. & Flynn, R. (2003) " Revisiting Globalization Through the Movie and Digital Games". Convergence 9 (91) link:http://con.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/9/1/91
During, S. (1997) "Popular Culture on a Global Scale: A Challenge for Cultural Studies" Critical Inquiry 23(4) link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/1344050.pdf
Reminder
No lecture tomorrow
Next lecture: October 1st
No seminar next week (week 40)
Next seminar: week 42
Information for next lecture (17.09)
Once again there has been a change in the topic of your next lecture. According to the detailed teaching plan the lecture on the 17th was supposed to be on Media policy and regulation in a global context. N.B: The new topic for your next lecture on the 17th will be Mediated global media events. According to the original plan this was supposed to be the topic for the 15th October lecture. It has now been moved up.
The required readings are : Archetti (2008), Frandsen (in Hjarvard), and Volmer (2008)
Dear Students,
There has been a change in the topic of the lecture on Thursday September 10th. On the lecture schedule it says Cultural Industries. However, the topic has now been changed to Theories of Media and Globalization.
The assigned readings for this lecture are: Rantanen (ch. 4 - 7), Hjarvard (pp. 15 – 51)
Dear students, I have just discovered that there is a mistake on the detailed teaching plan posted on the course website regarding the date for the next lecture. On the plan it says 2nd September, which is on a Wednesday.Please take note: the correct date for your next lecture is Thursday September 3rd. Please inform all course-mates if you happen to meet them.
All Media and Globalization students are invited to a social gathering after the first lecture on Aug.27 at Café Abel. The address is Vestgrensa 4, opposite the John Colletts plass tram stop. A complimentary tapas buffet will be served. However, this does not include drinks. These can be bought from the bar at your own expense.
WELCOME EVERYONE
Hello, students of MEVIT3220 (Media and Globalisation). I wish all of you welcome. All information such as the content of the course, the place and time of lectures, and the syllabus, is contained on the left side of this page. Very shortly I will post more detailed information related to the course, such as the lecture timetable, the seminar/teaching plan, and the reading requirements for each lecture. I would recommend that all students regularly check this column because it would serve as a billboard for all useful information that I wish to get to your attention for the duration of the course. If anyone has any inquiries related to the course please feel free to forward them to Henry Mainsah. I look forward to meeting you all.