124265 KO Critical Media Analysis (2015W)

Alternative Perspectives on Contemporary London

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik

Continuous assessment of course work

We think of London as a multicultural, cosmopolitan metropolis but these ideas are very contradictory. How can London be both cool Britannia and the centre of multi-ethnic immigration? Who lives there and who is a Londoner? How did it produce both the 2011 riots and the 2012 Olympic Games? Why is it home to the global financial market and the original working class? This course on contemporary British culture and media analyses and critiques contemporary London based on theory of urban space from Doreen Masseys World City (2010) and Danny Dorlings The 32 London Stops on the Central Line (2013). Keeping to the fore the 2008 financial crisis and the 2011 London riots, we see multiple and contradictory views of Londona kaleidoscope of shifting perspectivesto challenge popular and mainstream images of the city. The course approaches multiple media forms (images, maps, documentary, film, stand-up comedy, interactive drama series, music, fashion) through deconstructive critical media tools of social semiotics, thing theory, feminist, and postcolonial theories.

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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).

Registration is open from We 16.09.2015 00:00 to Mo 21.09.2015 23:59
Registration is open from We 30.09.2015 00:00 to Su 04.10.2015 23:59
Deregistration possible until Sa 31.10.2015 23:59

Details

max. 30 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Melissa Kennedy

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Friday 16.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Friday 23.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Friday 30.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Friday 06.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Friday 13.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Friday 20.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Friday 27.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Friday 04.12. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Friday 11.12. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Friday 18.12. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Friday 08.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Friday 15.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Friday 22.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Friday 29.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Social semiotics of still images
Social semiotics of moving images
London maps: demographics on the Central LIne
London icons: Object ethnography
London in social media: tourism and the digital humanities
London Immigration & Multiculturalism
London Class & inequality: Chavs to Sloane Rangers
The 2011 riots
The 2012 Olympic Games
Poster Presentations
Class viewings: Dirty Pretty Things (Stephen Frears 2002), Brick Lane (Sarah Gavron 2007).

Assessment and permitted materials

10% attendance & participation, 20% blog contributions (4 over the semester), 10% visual image analysis, 20% Thing theory analysis, 30% Short research project, 10% poster presentation of your research project

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

This course is an opportunity for students to apply basic skills of critical media analysis as well as key theories to a range of visual media. The focus on London is an entry point to key issues of British culture and identity, including class and multiculturalism, and to recent historical events, including the 2011 riots and 2012 Olympic Games. The course emphasis is on fostering analytical and critical thinking by unmasking aspects of culture and media we take for granted and usually see as normal.

Examination topics

The class offers a chance for students to apply CMA to a cultural context through media examples. Students employ techniques of critical media analysis across the genres and learn to apply the theoretical critical and analytical perspectives to their own choice of visual texts in a final project and presentation. Participation is encouraged through class and group discussions. Consideration of how to integrate CMA in classroom learning will be discussed.

Reading list

Key readings all on moodle

Association in the course directory

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

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