Emner: MEVI317-B Journalistiske felt: Celebritetskultur og journalistikk - Høst 2014
Studienivå (studiesyklus)
Master
Undervisningsspråk
English
Undervisningssemester
Irregular
Mål og innhald
Celebrities have a huge cultural, social and economic importance to today's post-modern society, for individuals and for the media itself. Much of today's journalistic circles, in different ways, about celebrities of all kinds, while journalism contributes greatly to creating celebrities. Research on celebrities, culture and journalism is a field of research that emerged in the 1990s and is highly expansive. Research on celebrities and its cultural and other values occurs within various media fields, from politics and literature to movies, sports and other popular culture. The course is linked to this research and provides an introduction to the research field. It will deal with various forms of celebrity journalism in a variety of media, including social media, have a historical perspective on celebrity journalism's development and include both production (celebrity journalism, political economy), text analysis (discourses, the relationship between written text and image) and consumption (reception and user studies).
Læringsutbyte
Upon completion of the course the students should have acquired an overview and critical understanding of the key theories and methods on celebrity culture and journalism presented in the literature.
The students should have the the ability to apply theoretical insights in a study of their own.
Krav til forkunnskapar
Bachelor´s degree in media studies or equivalent.
Krav til studierett
Master students in Media Studies. Other master students and exchange students may apply for admission.
Undervisningsformer og omfang av organisert undervisning
Teaching takes place in the form of combined lectures and seminars.
Obligatorisk undervisningsaktivitet
Present the reading of parts of the curricula. Present their own small study of celebrity journalism. This will take the form of group work.
Vurderingsformer
An essay written during the semester.
Karakterskala
The grading system has a descending scale from A to E for passes and F for fail.