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Cyprus International University
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MEDIA HISTORY:TEXTS AND CONTEXTS

Course
COMM532 - MEDIA HISTORY:TEXTS AND CONTEXTS
Department
Communication and Media Studies - English - Master
Course Type
Course
Status
Required
Language
English
Credit
3
ECTS
10
T+P+L
3 + 0 + 0
Course Coordinator(s)
-
Prerequisite
-
Keywords

Course Description

This course will examine the history of media and mass communication since the emergence of the printing press. The course will be organised as a survey of key moments in the international development of the media, but students will also examine key theoretical writings related to media history. Major topics to be addressed will include: the role played by technology in communication, the convergence between different forms of media, the connection between media and national culture, and the role of the media in the process of globalization.

MEDIA HISTORY:TEXTS AND CONTEXTS

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Course outcomes

  1. 01 1. Develop a detailed, critical understanding of media history
  2. 02 2. Appreciate the relationships between political, social, economic and technological factors in media history
  3. 03 3. Demonstrate critical and interpretative skills in the analysis of academic literature.
  4. 04 4. Demonstrate the ability to communicate critical ideas in writing and in class discussion
  5. 05 5. Carry out independent and original research using and evaluating a range of material in order to arrive at conclusions

Course Syllabus

Week Topic
Week 1 Course introduction
Week 2 Writing systems
Week 3 Printing and mass communication
Week 4 Newspapers, literacy and the reading public
Week 5 Wired communication: telegraph, telephones and radio
Week 6 Sound recording
Week 7 Photography and early cinema
Week 8 The growth of Hollywood
Week 9 Midterm break
Week 10 The emergence of television
Week 11 Advertising and mass consumption
Week 12 Video games
Week 13 The digitisation of media
Week 14 Bayram
Week 15 Course review

Reference Books & Course Materials

  1. 01 Roger Parry, The Ascent of Media (London: Nicholas Brealey 2011).
  2. 02 Jim Cullen, A Short History of the Modern Media (Oxford: Wiley Blackwell, 2014)
  3. 03 David Crowley & Paul Heyer (eds.), Communication in History: Technology, Culture and Society (Boston: Pearson, 2007)
  4. 04 Brian Winston, Media Technology and Society: A History from the Telegraph to the Internet (London: Routledge, 1998).

Learning Outcomes

  1. L01 1. Develop a detailed, critical understanding of media history
  2. L02 2. Appreciate the relationships between political, social, economic and technological factors in media history
  3. L03 3. Demonstrate critical and interpretative skills in the analysis of academic literature.
  4. L04 4. Demonstrate the ability to communicate critical ideas in writing and in class discussion
  5. L05 5. Carry out independent and original research using and evaluating a range of material in order to arrive at conclusions

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