Course GBQ3AV

Content for Social Media

15 Credits
First Cycle
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Starts week 36, 2024

On completion of the course, students will be able to:

  • explain how the media and democracy relate to each other based on the evaluation of information, news, and other material on social media
  • explain and justify the use of different production formats in media production for social media
  • work with basic video-editing software
  • discuss and convey ethical and ideological positions using different audiovisual production formats
  • critically review and constructively discuss their media productions as well as those of others
  • analyse moving images on social media from the perspectives of multimodality and communication theory.
Starts and ends:
week 36, 2024 - week 3, 2025
Study Rate:
50%
Location:
Flexible (Falun)
Time of Day:
Day
Teaching form:
Distance
Language:
English
Entry Qualifications :
  • General entry requirements
Selection :
Final school grades (66 %) and Högskoleprovet - Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test (34 %)
Application Code:
HDA-H3KDL
Main field of study:
Online Education
Compulsory meetings:
0 physical
10 online
Computer Skills:

Surf on the Internet, read and send emails, use a word-processing programme (e.g. Word). Connect a camera and headphones to the computer and install a programme using instructions.

Computer Capacity:

Access to a computer (Not a mini pc, tablet or similar) that is not older than three years (or equivalent) and broadband connection, at least 1 Mbit/s (not mobile broadband, because mobile broadband can vary considerably in speed).

Means of Education:

Higher rate of web-based communication where our learning platform (Learn/Canvas) is a natural element of the course. Web-based meetings with sound and image where simple presentations can be held. Lectures can be broadcast live or can alternatively be made available afterwards online.

Tuition Fee
First Tuition Fee Installment:
36,750 SEK
Total Tuition Fee:
36,750 SEK
EU/EEA Citizens or exchange students are not required to pay fees.
Information on application and tuition fees: www.universityadmissions.se.
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