Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Social Media
Course Code
DN_161
Branch of Science
Communication Theory; Media and communications
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
Information and Communication Science; Political Science; Social Anthropology; Sociology
LQF
Level 8
Study Type And Form
Full-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Markus Hermann Meckl
Structure Unit Manager
Dace Bandere
Structural Unit
Department of Doctoral Studies
Contacts
16 Dzirciema Street, dn@rsu.lv, +371 67409120
About Study Course
Objective
To study the paradigms of theoretical interpretation of social media, to develop the skills of empirical analysis of social media.
Preliminary Knowledge
Communication and Cultural Theories.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.Students understand concepts as well as key issues in new/ social media research, and are aware of the paradigms of theoretical research and conceptualisation.
Skills
1.Students are able to define problem cases of social media usage, interpret and explain them in the context of communication theories.
Competences
1.Students apply their knowledge to deal with practical and theoretical issues, conduct research and make recommendations on the use of social media platforms.
Assessment
Individual work
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Required reading, analysis of a selected social media usage case, presentation and discussion in a seminar.
The student's contribution to the improvement of the study process is the provision of meaningful feedback on the study course by filling out its evaluation questionnaire.
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Examination
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Doctoral student demonstrates that he/she knows the terms, is able to critically evaluate different theoretical paradigms of social media analysis and to develop research methodology based on them.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Auditorium
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The challenge of the concept of “new media” (“social media”). What’s new there?
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Habermas’ public sphere at the time of social media.
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Social media: expanding speech and losing meaning.
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Social media I.
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Impact of political communication.
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Concept of freedom of speech at the time of social media: The new interpretation of Kant and Mill.
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Impact of social media on social life.
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Social media II.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
16 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Oral)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Habermas, Jürgen (1989). The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere: An Inquiry into a Category of Bourgeois Society, Thomas Burger, Cambridge Massachusetts: The MIT Press
2.
Lanier, Jaron (2018). Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now. Henry Holt Publisher.
3.
Jesper Strömbäck. (2008). "Four Phases of Mediatization: An Analysis of the Mediatization of Politics", The International Journal of Press/Politics 13 (3), 228-246.
4.
Marwick, A. E., & Boyd, d. (2010). "I tweet honestly, I tweet passionately: Twitter users, context collapse, and the imagined audience", New media & Society,13(1): 114-133.
5.
Baym, N. (2015). Personal connections in the digital age. Digital media in everyday relationships. Cambridge: Polity.
6.
Jon Stuart Mill. "On Liberty". (jebkurš izdevums).