Checking date: 06/05/2020


Course: 2019/2020

New trends in media
(13561)
Bachelor in Film, Television and Media Studies (Plan: 382 - Estudio: 211)


Coordinating teacher: GALLEGO PEREZ, JUAN IGNACIO

Department assigned to the subject: Communication and Media Studies Department

Type: Electives
ECTS Credits: 3.0 ECTS

Course:
Semester:




1.-Know how audiovisual ecosystem has changed over the last decade. 2.-Know the latest communicational theories. 3.-Have a critical view as a consumer of audiovisual. 4.-Be able to think about the past, present and future of the audiovisual.
Description of contents: programme
1. Introduction. Mapping new trends in media 2. New trends and aesthetics: digital film, radio & TV 3. Convergence culture 4. Political economy of digital media 5. Measuring audiences & big data 6. Participatory culture: from prosumers to activism 7. New trends and digital optimisms: critical foci
Learning activities and methodology
1. Continuous Assessment. Based on groups: Weeks 1-5: Professor lectures and students discussion. Mandatory readings Week 6: Documentary viewing and discussion Weeks 7-12: Pre-production and recording of a podcast. Based on readings and case studies we will prepare a Podcast Series about New Trends in Media with texts, links and visual content in our website. Semanas 13 y 14: Podcast presentations workshop 2. Final individual assessment: based on readings and working group prepare an individual essay.
Assessment System
  • % end-of-term-examination 50
  • % of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 50

Basic Bibliography
  • Belton, John. ¿Digital Cinema: A False Revolution¿. October, 100. 2002, pp. 98-114.
  • Bird, S. E. . Are we all produsers now? Convergence and media audience practices. . Cultural Studies Journal, 25. 2011
  • Bruns, A.. Towards produsage: Futures for user-led content production.. On.Line. 2006
  • Eli Pariser. The filter bubble. Penguin. 2012
  • Hesmondhalgh, D.. The cultural industries (3rd edition). Sage. 2013
  • Jakobsson & Fredrik Stiernstedt . Pirates of Silicon Valley. State of exception and dispossession in Web 2.0. First Monday, Online Journal. 2010
  • Lotz, Amanda D . The television will be revolutionized. New York University Press. 2007
  • McChesney, R.W.. Digital Disconnect : How Capitalism Is Turning the Internet Against Democracy . The New Press. 2013
  • Mosco, V.. To the Cloud: Big Data in a Turbulent World. Paradigm Publishers. 2014
  • Mosco, V.. To the Cloud. Big data in a turbulent world. Paradigm. 2014
  • Smith, Michael D. . Streaming, Sharing, Stealing : Big Data and the Future of Entertainment. 2016. Mit Press
  • Snickars, Pelle, and Patrick Vonderau. The YouTube reader. National Library of Sweden. 2009
  • Srnicek, Nick. Platform Capitalism. Polity. 2017
  • VV.AA.. The big opportunity: audience research meets big data. IPA. 2013
Additional Bibliography
  • Dan Harries. The new media book. British Film Institute. 2002
  • Dena, C.. Transmedia practice: Theorising the practice of expressing a fictional world across distinct media and environments . Doctoral dissertation. 2010
  • Edmond, M. . All platforms considered: Contemporary radio and transmedia engagement.. New Media & Society Journal. 2014
  • Mosco, V.. The Digital Sublime: Myth, Power, and Cyberspace. The Mit Press. 2005

The course syllabus may change due academic events or other reasons.