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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 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 two quizzes during the semester and one writing assignments to be submitted at the end of the semester
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