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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Communication & Journalism
Semester:
2nd Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Lillian Boxman-Shabtai
Coordinator Office Hours:
Tuesday 12:00-13:00
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Lillian Boxman-Shabtai
Course/Module description:
In the past decade, growing trends of economic inequality have ignited protests across western democracies. This course surveys research about the role that mass media and digital culture play in contemporary discourse and mobilization around economic inequality. It will discuss three central axes of inquiry: (1) Historical developments – how have media portrayals of economic inequality evolved in the past three decades? (2) Genre – how is economic inequality depicted across media genres such as news, drama, reality TV and user-generated-content? (3) Technology – how do mass media institutions compare in their treatment of inequality to grassroots uses of social media and participatory culture platforms? Students will produce a report and an oral presentation that examines a case study of interest in light of one (or more) of these axes.
Course/Module aims:
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
• Define key concepts, such as: inequality, class, neoliberalism, the "neoliberal subject", meritocracy, discourse, media representation, framing.
• Explain how historical permutations, technological developments and different genres shape the media representation of economic inequality
• Analyze media representations of economic inequality in light of the literature and concepts discussed in class.
Attendance requirements(%):
85
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Lecture
Course/Module Content:
Economic inequality: definitions, permutations, conflicts, state of affairs
The media's role in representing class and inequality
The "transformation" offered by reality television
Representations on social media
The representation of OWS
The social justice protests in Israel and news production
Gentrification and new models of journalism
Discourse about solutions : Redistribution
Discourse about solutions : Corporate Social Responsibility
Required Reading:
TBA
Additional Reading Material:
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 12 %
Project work 50 %
Assignments 38 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
presentation
Additional information:
The final version of the syllabus will be uploaded to the course's website on Moodle
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