English-language programme examines the media's influence on modern society. You focus on analysing recent developments in new media culture & performing research in the field of new media.
The Media Culture programme focuses on critical and problem-based analyses of recent developments in the new media as a cultural practice. It is suitable if you have a bachelor's degree in media and cultural studies and wish to be trained in practice-oriented research, or if you are a media professional who wants to deepen your theoretical understanding of your field. You examine the media's influence on modern society and its problems at an academic level, and are qualified to perform independent research within the field of new media. This one-year programme is taught in English.
objectives
The objective of the programme is to provide a deeper understanding of the interrelations between cultural transformations, both within the media and in society at large and developments in media technology, in particular the ontroduction of digital technologies. The goal is to teach students both how to investigate contemporary media culture and how to participate in it.
instruction modes
The curriculum of Media Culture is case- and problem- oriented. General theoretical questions about the cultural consequences of the digitalisation of the media are studied by focusing on concrete examples of media objects and practice. These are found in what we usually call 'the media'. In order to study concrete examples of media change, an interdisciplinary and comparative approach is used. Media objects and media practices are compared with each other.
