Universität Wien

124182 VK BEd 08b.3: VK Cultural Studies and Language Education (2022W)

Media and Health: Representation and Stigmatization

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Continuous assessment of course work

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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 22 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Monday 10.10. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Monday 17.10. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Monday 24.10. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Monday 31.10. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Monday 07.11. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Monday 14.11. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Monday 21.11. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Monday 28.11. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Monday 05.12. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Monday 12.12. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Monday 09.01. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Monday 16.01. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Monday 23.01. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course will introduce students to some of the key concepts employed in cultural studies.While using such concepts as representation, power, consumption, hegemony, we will inquire into the postdigital processes of meaning making in the context of online health cultures.At the end of term, students will:- have familiarized themselves and learned to employ select cultural studies' concepts- be able to analyze social media texts- be able to critically reflect on postdigital phenomena within the context of health- be able to reflect on the topics and practically translate these into the context of teaching- have learned to put forward careful arguments to make their points in the appropriate language and in a suitable formatThe class will be based on teacher's input and students' prior reading, which will enable engaged discussions, either in small groups or in a larger forum. Students will prepare short presentations and use those as a basis for discussion.

Assessment and permitted materials

Regular attendance; regular preparation of assigned reading material; active participation in class (discussions); active as specialist/in specialist team, group and individual tasks; final term paper.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Attendance:
No more than two lessons may be missed without certified medical reason. If a doctor's note is produced, a third lesson may be missed, but is to be compensated for at the teacher's discretion. If more than three lessons are missed, this results in failing the course.

- Portfolio (includes a.o. teaching reflection and proposal): 60%
(deadlines: individual task 1: 31 Oct; individual task 2: 14 Nov; group task 1: 21/28 Nov; group task 2: 9/16 Jan 2023)
- Term/BEd paper: 40%
(deadline term/BEd paper, if grade is needed before next term: 9 Jan 2023; final deadline term paper: 23 Jan 2023)

Marks in %:
1 (very good): 90-100%
2 (good): 80-89%
3 (satisfactory): 70-79%
4 (pass): 60-69%
5 (fail): 0-59%

Points must be collected in all of these areas to pass. The benchmark for passing this course is at 60%.
The term paper will be marked according to the following categories: argumentation; quality of thesis; use of primary and secondary sources; structure; methodology; language; form; style.
The term paper has to be uploaded on Moodle as a .pdf file to be checked for plagiarism using Turnitin.
The written work itself has to be accompanied by a signed and dated anti-plagiarism statement.

Examination topics

There will be no written exam. Participants are expected to study set materials and additional secondary/theoretical sources, take active part in the discussions, and hand in assignments on time.

Reading list

Study material will be announced in the first session, supportive material will be provided on the Moodle e-learning platform. Should we be able to meet in an on-site mode, you will be asked to bring hard copies of assigned texts to class.

Some of the texts (both as part of set and recommended readings) will include:
- Stuart Hall, "Discourse, Power and the Subject"
- Richard Dyer, "The Role of Stereotypes"
- Monika Pietrzak-Franger, "A 'Visiodemic': COVID-19, Contagion Media, and the British Press"
- Muna Al-Jawad & MK Czerwiec, "Comics"
- Michael Meyer, "Research papers, presentations and examinations"
- Cyndy Scheibe and Faith Rogow, "What is Media Literacy?"

Association in the course directory

Studium: BEd 046/407
Code/Modul: BEd 08b.3
Lehrinhalt: 12-4686

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