Media and Communication Science, Media and Communication Theories and Research Approaches
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Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap D, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap som forskningsområde, 10 poäng
Media and Communication Science, Media and Communication Theories and Research Approaches
General data
- Code: MKAD05
- Subject/Main field: Media and Communications Science
- Cycle: D-level
- Credits: 15
- Progressive specialization: - - -
- Education area: Samhällsvetenskap 100%
- Answerable faculty: Faculty of Science, Technology and Media
- Answerable department: Department of Information Technology and Media
- Approved: 2007-02-13
- Version valid from: 2007-01-22
Selection rules and procedures
The selectionprocess is in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance and the local order of admission.
Grading system
Fail (U), Pass (G), or Pass with distinction (VG)
Course reading
Required literature
- Author: Webster, Frank
- Title: Theories of the Information Society
- Ort: London/New York
- Edition: 2002
- Publisher: Routledge
- Author: Vasterman, Peter L.M.
- Title: Media-Hype. Self-Reinforcing News Waves, Journalistic Standards and the Construction of Social Problems
- Edition: 2005
- Publisher: European Journal of Communication 20(4), pp. 508-530
- Author: Shoemaker, P. & Reese, S.
- Title: Mediating the Message
- Edition: 1996
- Author: Schudson, Michael
- Title: The Sociology of News
- Ort: New York
- Publisher: W.W. Norton
- Author: L’Etang, Jacquie & Pieczka, Magda (red)
- Title: Public Relations. Critical debates and contemporary practice
- Ort: Mahwah, NJ
- Edition: 2006
- Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum
- Author: Kaid, Lynda Lee (red)
- Title: Handbook of Political Communication Research
- Ort: Mahwah, NJ
- Edition: 2004
- Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
- Author: Johansson, Catrin
- Title: Svensk forskning om organisationers kommunikation – illusion eller vision? I: Hedman, Lowe & Johansson, Catrin (red) Communiqué Communiqué 2005. Sundsvall: Mittuniversitetet. 8-39
- Edition: 2005
- Author: Jablin, Fredric M. & Putnam, Linda L. (red)
- Title: The new handbook of organizational communication. Advances in theory, research and methods
- Ort: Thousand Oaks, CA
- Edition: 2001
- Publisher: Sage
- Author: Hallin, Daniel C. & Mancini, Paolo
- Title: Comparing Media Systems. Three Models of Media and Politics
- Ort: New York
- Edition: 2004
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Author: Gillmor, Dan
- Title: We the media. Grassroots journalism by the people, for the people
- Ort: Sebastopol, CA
- Edition: 2004
- Publisher: O´reilly
- Author: Esser, Frank& Pfetsch, Barbara (red)
- Title: Comparing Political Communication. Theories, Cases, and Challenges
- Ort: New York
- Edition: 2004
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Author: Deuze, Mark
- Title: What is journalism? Professional identity and ideology of journalists reconsidered
- Edition: Journalism 6 (4), pp. 442-464. 2005
- Author: Christensen, Clayton, M.
- Title: The Innovators Dilemma- When new Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail
- Ort: Boston
- Edition: 1997
- Publisher: Harward Buisness School Press
- Author: Cheney, George & Christensen, Lars T.
- Title: Public relations as contested terrain. A critical response. I: Heath, Robert L. (red) Handbook of public relations. 167-182
- Ort: Thousand Oaks, CA
- Edition: 2001
- Publisher: Sage
- Author: Campbell, Vincent
- Title: Information Age Journalism
- Ort: London
- Publisher: Arnold
- Author: Briggs, Asa and Burke Peter
- Title: The Social History of the Media: From Gutenberg to the Internet
- Ort: Oxford
- Edition: 2002
- Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Author: Alström, Börje and Hedman, Lowe
- Title: News Companies in the Future. Five Swedish media companies contemplate the threats and opportunities of the future
- Edition: Paper presented at the Cost A20 Conference in Pamplona, 27-28 June 2003.
- Author: Allan, Stuart ed
- Title: Journalism: Critical Issues
- Ort: London
- Edition: 2005
- Publisher: Open University Press