6 ECTS credits
164 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4016228FNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
English
Faculty
Faculty of Social Sciences & SolvayBusinessSchool
Department
Communication Sciences
Educational team
Pieter Ballon (course titular)
Annelien Smets
Activities and contact hours
33 contact hours Lecture
131 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

This course will treat a number of current issues that are critical for the domain of Digital Media in Europe. They will be studied from a political economy point of view. The issues relate to topics such as Innovation and Diversity in Media, Advertising and Privacy, and Competition and Bottlenecks in New Media Markets.

Course material
Digital course material (Required) : Slidesets and Background papers
Digital course material (Required) : Material will be available, Canvas
Additional info

Teaching Methods

- Lecture: collective contact-dependent moments during which the lecturer engages with learning materials
- Seminar, Exercises or Practicals (Practical): collective or individual contact-dependent moments during which the students are guided to actively engage with learning materials
- Independent or External Form of Study (Self): independent study

This description of the teaching methods is indicative, in order to assess the expected study load.

Lecture: 26 hours (13 x 2 hours)

SELF: 131 hours

  • students should expect a 7 hour work load per lecture (maintaining class notes, reading the required literature, maintaining current topics in order to be able to give illustrations during the exam): 91 hours (13 x 7 hours)
  • preparation exam: 40 hours (5 days of 8 hours)
Learning Outcomes

Algemene competenties

This course contributes to the following general learning results of the master in communication studies:

  • Students demonstrate the ability to critically contextualise and evaluate current national and international developments and discussions, and are able to independently deepen insights related to complex problems on the basis of an original framework of analysis, thereby expanding the theoretical basis related to media, internet and globalisation.
  • Students show an open and constructive attitude whilst having respect for other views and beliefs. 
  • Students are open to scientific doubt and societal pluralism. They demonstrate courage, ambition and perseverance in questioning both established insights and alternative points of view.
  • Students demonstrate the skill to discuss and debate current societal and scientific topics and theoretical developments related to media, internet and globalisation. The students discuss issues on the basis of critical and substantiated reflections and research findings, open-mindedly and willing to acknowledge other arguments.
  • Students are able to communicate their point of view in a clear and scientific-grounded argumentation to various target groups. 

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Oral Exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

    Note: Oral exam with short written preparation time at the start of the exam

Additional info regarding evaluation

 Not applicable.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Communication Studies: Digital Media in Europe