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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
2nd degree (Master)
Responsible Department:
Communication & Journalism
Semester:
2nd Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Amit Pinchevski
Coordinator Office Hours:
Mon 16-18
Teaching Staff:
Prof Amit Pinchevski
Course/Module description:
What does it mean to be a witness to an event? What is the moral, historical and cultural significance of the testimony? What are the changes that occurred in testimony as a discursive practice following the Holocaust? What are the implications of limiting or preventing the possibility of becoming a witness? How does technology shape the memory of the past? Do media make us all witnesses? These are some of the questions we will engage with during the seminar, which will posit witnessing as a practice incorporating some of the fundamental issues and tensions of media studies - the relation between experience and reporting, presence and absence, representation and reliability, ethics and aesthetics.
Course/Module aims:
Familiarity with and discussion of contemporary discourse on testimony and media, integrating theoretical issues and case studies
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Study of theories and models dealing with testimony and media
Analysis of questions and issues relating to the relation between testimony and media
Analyzing case studies that combine testimony and media
An examination of the social, moral, and political implications of the question of testimony
Attendance requirements(%):
80
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
seminar and course
Course/Module Content:
see to the right
Required Reading:
see above
Additional Reading Material:
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 10 %
Project work 65 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 25 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
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