Universität Wien

124260 KO Critical Media Analysis (2017W)

Visual Methodologies Class

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

Registration/Deregistration

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. 30 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Classes are 16:15 - 17:45.

  • Tuesday 10.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Tuesday 17.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Tuesday 24.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Tuesday 31.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Tuesday 07.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Tuesday 14.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Tuesday 21.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Tuesday 28.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Tuesday 05.12. 16:00 - 18:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Tuesday 12.12. 16:00 - 18:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Tuesday 09.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Tuesday 16.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Tuesday 23.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Tuesday 30.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

A Visual-Methodologies Class

How can we study images? What kind of literacy do we need to read their visual texts? What must we know about an image's circulation and display? What about its production? What about image technologies? And why are photos “never transparent windows onto the world” (Rose, 2016, p. 2)?

This course sets out to equip students with a visual-methodologies toolkit that will enable them to critically analyze a broad range of images: Renaissance portraits and World Press Photos, natural-history museums and Hollywood movies, and the persuasive visual language of advertising. Online analysis tasks and students’ own photography will put the course contents into practice.

Aimed at students in the BA and teacher-training programs, this class is designed to contribute to the methodological skills involved in critical media analysis. Readings, viewings and class discussions will be supplemented by student photography, online research-based learning, and media-analysis projects.

Assessment and permitted materials

• In-class and online performance; • midterm exam; • media-analysis projects.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Participation (1/3):
• pre-class readings,
• online pre-reading performance,
• in-class performance: the maximum number of absences is 2,
• online feedback of project proposal,
• in-class feedback of project discussions;

midterm exam (1/3):
• 8 questions based on readings,
• exam pass mark 50%;

media-analysis project (1/3):
• online project-proposal submission,
• in-class project discussion,
• email project submission.

Individual performances in the participation and media-analysis project segments are assessed (+)/(-);
midterm-exam results are assessed (1)/(2)/(3)/(4)/(5).

Examination topics

Course readings.

Reading list

Course readings will be made available on Moodle. The first pre-class reading will be sent via e-mail before the first session.

Association in the course directory

Studium: UF 344, BA 612, BEd 046/407
Code/Modul: UF 4.2.5-426, BA07.3; BEd 08a.2, BEd 08b.1
Lehrinhalt: 12-4260

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