Sociology of media and communication

English section – Common core

1st year – Licence
Academic year: 2023-2024
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES:
A. Describing the basic concepts in mass media.
B. Explaining the some theories of mass media, coming from Sociology .
C. Examining the role of mass media in constructing appropriate and
suitable definitions, as perceived by society, of norms that guide human
behavior within the social context.

Detailed course outline:

I. Mass Media from sociological perspective

Defining key concepts:
1. Network communication and digital communication
2. Information society
3. Digital divide
4. Digital gatekeeper
5. Digital identity
6. Technological determinism of Marshal McLuhan
7. Theories of media and communication: evolution, models and
relationship with ICT (information and communication technologies)
8. New trends of the ITC's sociology
9. Sociology of internet's usage and its platforms.
10. Society of knowledge, artificial intelligence and digital identity
11. Journalism practices in the digital age
12. Mobile journalism in the digital ecosystem
13. Epistemological perspectives in social and media changes in light
of technological developments
14. The cultural dimensions of communication practices behaviors in
the digital sphere
15. The culture of communication technologies and civilizational
challenge

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