HU Credits: 2

Degree/Cycle: 1st degree (Bachelor)

Responsible Department: Communication & Journalism

Semester: 1st Semester

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: Mt. Scopus

Course/Module Coordinator: Amit Pinchevski

Coordinator Email: amitpi@mscc.huji.ac.il

Coordinator Office Hours: Tue 13-14

Teaching Staff:
Prof Amit Pinchevski

Course/Module description:
The course will address selected issues in the history of media, from ancient times to the present. We will review the technological aspect of media -- from the invention of writing, through the printing press, the telegraph, radio, television, to computers and the internet; we look at the social, political, cultural and economic contexts in the development of media, and their impact on the social environment .

Course/Module aims:
Exploring and analyzing selected chapters in the history of media; identifying relationships between society and technology; providing critical description in the development medial technologies

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Identifying and describing central themes in the relationship between technology and society; presenting and discussing cases from the selection offered in the course.

Attendance requirements(%):
online course

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: lecture and discussion

Course/Module Content:
see to the right

Required Reading:
see above

Additional Reading Material:
none

Grading Scheme :
Essay / Project / Final Assignment / Home Exam / Referat 40 %
Submission assignments during the semester: Exercises / Essays / Audits / Reports / Forum / Simulation / others 60 %

Additional information:
final grade will be based on three writing assignments to be submitted over the semester