Learning Outcomes
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.
Course Content
The course consists of three modules. The first module deals with the differences between news, information, advertising, disinformation and propaganda based on how the media and democracy relate to each other. This module includes ethics, copyright production-related implications and moral stances in the media. The content of the second module consists of idea processes and project planning that are documented. Special emphasis is on the analysis of audiovisual material based on multimodal and communication theory perspectives that demonstrate various conventions and communication requirements. Basic theories connected to the field of ethics are discussed. The third module consists of the implementation of audiovisual productions where moving material, graphics, sound and voice must work together to communicate in social media. The course aims to increase, both through theory and practice, students’ understanding of how the development of media technology and audiovisual communication creates demands on the media producer’s critical abilities.
Assessment
- active participation in seminars
- audiovisual assignments
- written assignments
Grades
The grading scale used for the final course grade is U–G.
Grades are reported as follows:
- Democracy and ethics in social media - 5 Credits | U–G
- Project planning with documentation - 3 Credits | U–G
- Audiovisual productions for social media - 7 Credits | U–G
Entry Requirements
- General entry requirements
Other Information
Students require access to software (they may choose which) for sound and video editing.
This course cannot be counted towards the same degree along with courses that have equivalent content.
If the student has received a decision/recommendation granting study support from Dalarna University because of a disability, then the examiner has the right to offer an alternative examination arrangement. The examiner takes into account the objectives in the course syllabus when deciding whether the examination can be adapted in accordance with the decision/recommendation.