Media Representation
Emnekode:
3GJ313Emnenavn:
Media RepresentationUndervisningssemester:
HøstSteder:
KristiansandStudieår:
2025 — 2026Undervisningsspråk:
EngelskStudiepoeng:
10 Studiepoeng
1. Written assignment/paper: All
2. Oral exam: None
GJ 313-1: Construction of culture and society
The first section of the course deals with fundamental issues related to culture and society and how humans are influenced by these issues in their interpretation of reality.
GJ 313-2: Representation and otherness - current and historical perspectives
The second section of the course discusses the idea of representation, focusing especially on media representation. A historical approach is taken to show how history influences our current situation and representation.
GJ 313 Media Representation focuses on understanding how culture influences interpretation and representation. For journalists it is important to acknowledge how cultural socialization and worldview influence and effect the way one understands and reports about different situations. Insights from semiotics, post-colonial studies and social anthropology, amongst others, will shed light on how the others are represented. Through this course the students are given methods and tools to analyse intercultural media representation.
The course is divided into two main parts, where the first part focuses on how culture and societies and ultimately media products are constructed. The purpose of learning about how cultures and societies are constructed is to show that a journalist's background and experiences influence the understanding and interpretation of a situation and context. The interpretation of a situation influences the representation of it. For journalists, whose goal is to truthfully report situations and realities, it is important to acknowledge and take into account the role of culture, recognizing that the same situation can be understood and interpreted differently. The importance of epistemology and ontology will be presented and discussed.
The second part of the course elaborates on the idea of representation and otherness. Edward Said's idea of orientalism is presented to get a historical presentation of this. The course will also deal with how media portrays and presents certain groups or communities. These issues will be discussed in relation to power structures and under-representation.
Related media theories of framing, agenda-setting and discourse analysis are also explored to strengthen the conceptual and analytical frames in media representation.
Knowledge
The student:
- can identify and explain major issues in media representation
- can explain common concepts used in culture theory and relevant literature in this field
- has knowledge of the theories of representation, otherness, epistemology and ontology
- and other relevant theories in the field
Skills
The student:
- can discuss the idea of representation in a historical and current context
- can by using an analytical approach detect various representation of others and discuss this in light of relevant theory
General competence
The student:
- is able to identify potential challenges when reporting from different cultural contexts and how to apply sufficient skills to report in line with journalistic values
- can critically analyse representation of others in media texts
- A 4000 word written assignment/paper (51% of the final grade)
- A 30 minute oral exam (49% of the final grade)
1. Written assignment/paper: All
2. Oral exam: None
GJ 313-1: Construction of culture and society
The first section of the course deals with fundamental issues related to culture and society and how humans are influenced by these issues in their interpretation of reality.
GJ 313-2: Representation and otherness - current and historical perspectives
The second section of the course discusses the idea of representation, focusing especially on media representation. A historical approach is taken to show how history influences our current situation and representation.
GJ 313 Media Representation focuses on understanding how culture influences interpretation and representation. For journalists it is important to acknowledge how cultural socialization and worldview influence and effect the way one understands and reports about different situations. Insights from semiotics, post-colonial studies and social anthropology, amongst others, will shed light on how the others are represented. Through this course the students are given methods and tools to analyse intercultural media representation.
The course is divided into two main parts, where the first part focuses on how culture and societies and ultimately media products are constructed. The purpose of learning about how cultures and societies are constructed is to show that a journalist's background and experiences influence the understanding and interpretation of a situation and context. The interpretation of a situation influences the representation of it. For journalists, whose goal is to truthfully report situations and realities, it is important to acknowledge and take into account the role of culture, recognizing that the same situation can be understood and interpreted differently. The importance of epistemology and ontology will be presented and discussed.
The second part of the course elaborates on the idea of representation and otherness. Edward Said's idea of orientalism is presented to get a historical presentation of this. The course will also deal with how media portrays and presents certain groups or communities. These issues will be discussed in relation to power structures and under-representation.
Related media theories of framing, agenda-setting and discourse analysis are also explored to strengthen the conceptual and analytical frames in media representation.
Knowledge
The student:
- can identify and explain major issues in media representation
- can explain common concepts used in culture theory and relevant literature in this field
- has knowledge of the theories of representation, otherness, epistemology and ontology
- and other relevant theories in the field
Skills
The student:
- can discuss the idea of representation in a historical and current context
- can by using an analytical approach detect various representation of others and discuss this in light of relevant theory
General competence
The student:
- is able to identify potential challenges when reporting from different cultural contexts and how to apply sufficient skills to report in line with journalistic values
- can critically analyse representation of others in media texts
Book
The reality of social construction
Elder-Vass, Dave, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 283 s., 2012, isbn:9781107024373,
Article
Framing: Toward clarification of a fractured paradigm
Entman, R., Journal of Communication, 4, 43, 51-58,
Book
Frame analysis : an essay on the organization of experience
Goffman, Erving, Boston, Northeastern University Press, XVIII, 586 s., 1986, isbn:093035091X; 9780930350918,
Read pages 1-38. A PDF of these can be found attached to this post.
Book
How to do critical discourse analysis : a multimodal introduction
Machin, David, Mayr, Andrea, Los Angeles, Calif., Sage, 236 s., cop. 2012, isbn:9780857028914; 9780857028921,
Read pages 1-96.
Article
Agenda-Setting, Priming, and Framing Revisited: Another Look at Cognitive Effects of Political Communication
Dietram A. Scheufele, Mass Communication & Society, 2 & 3, 3, 2000, 297-316,
Article
Media representation of Muslims and Islam from 2000 to 2015: A meta- analysis Objects of Desire. Content and Effects of Sexualizing Media View project
Saifuddin Ahmed, The International Communication Gazette, 3, 79, 2017, 219-244,
Book
The handbook of gender, sex, and media
Byerly, Carolyn M., Karen Ross (1957-) (redaktør), Chichester :, Wiley-Blackwell, xxvii, 576 sider ;, 2012., isbn:9781444338546; 9781118721483,
Read pages 3-19. A PDF of these can be found attached to this post.
Article
The conflictual model of analysis in studies on the media representation of Islam and Muslims: A critical review
Faimau, Gabriel, Social Compass, 5, 9, 2015, 321-335,
Book
Picturing pity : pitfalls and pleasures in cross-cultural communication : image and word in a North Cameroon mission
Gullestad, Marianne, New York, Berghahn, XVIII, 302 s., 2007, isbn:9781845453435; 1845453433,
Read pages 1-35. A PDF of these can be found attached to this post.
Book
The other
Kapuściński, Ryszard, Neal Ascherson (forfatter av forord), London, Verso, 100 s., 2008, isbn:978-1-84467-328-5; 978-1-84467-416-9,
Book
Media representation and the global imagination
Orgad, Shani, Cambridge, Polity Press, XIII, 230 sider, 2012, isbn:9780745643809; 9780745643793,
Book
The social construction of reality : a treatise in the sociology of knowledge
Berger, Peter L., Thomas Luckmann (1927-2016), Garden City, N. Y., Doubleday, X, 219 s., 1967, isbn:0385058985,
Book
Critical discourse analysis : the critical study of language
Fairclough, Norman., Harlow, Longman, XI, 591 s., 2010, isbn:9781405858229,
Recommended to read chapters 1, 2, 3, 4 & 7.
Book
How to do critical discourse analysis : a multimodal introduction
Machin, David, Mayr, Andrea, Los Angeles, Calif., Sage, 236 s., cop. 2012, isbn:9780857028914; 9780857028921,
Read pages 97-218.
Compulsory components
Lectures in GJ 313 are not compulsory, but students are encouraged to be present in order to create a conducive learning environment. The written assignment and the oral exam are compulsory.
- A 4000 word written assignment/paper (51% of the final grade)
- A 30 minute oral exam (49% of the final grade)
1. Written assignment/paper: All
2. Oral exam: None
Course details
GJ 313-1: Construction of culture and society
The first section of the course deals with fundamental issues related to culture and society and how humans are influenced by these issues in their interpretation of reality.
GJ 313-2: Representation and otherness - current and historical perspectives
The second section of the course discusses the idea of representation, focusing especially on media representation. A historical approach is taken to show how history influences our current situation and representation.
GJ 313 Media Representation focuses on understanding how culture influences interpretation and representation. For journalists it is important to acknowledge how cultural socialization and worldview influence and effect the way one understands and reports about different situations. Insights from semiotics, post-colonial studies and social anthropology, amongst others, will shed light on how the others are represented. Through this course the students are given methods and tools to analyse intercultural media representation.
The course is divided into two main parts, where the first part focuses on how culture and societies and ultimately media productsare constructed. The purpose of learning about how cultures and societies are constructed is to show that a journalist's background and experiences influences the understanding and interpretation of a situation and context. The interpretation of a situation influences the representation of it. For journalists, whose goal is to truthfully report situations and realities, it is important to acknowledge and take into account the role of culture, recognizing that the same situation can be understood and interpreted differently. The importance of epistemology and ontology will be presented and discussed.
The second part of the course elaborates on the idea of representation and otherness. Edward Said's idea of orientalism is presented to get a historical presentation of this. The course will also deal with how media portrays and presents certain groups or communities. These issues will be discussed in relation to power structures and under-representation.
Related media theories of framing, agenda-setting and discourse analysis are also explored to strengthen the conceptual and analytical frames in media representation.
Knowledge
The student:
- can identify and explain major issues in media representation
- can explain common concepts used in culture theory and relevant literature in this field
- has knowledge of the theories of representation, otherness, epistemology and ontology
- and other relevant theories in the field
Skills
The student:
- can discuss the idea of representation in a historical and current context
- can by using an analytical approach detect various representation of others and discuss this in light of relevant theory
General competence
The student:
- is able to identify potential challenges when reporting from different cultural contexts and how to apply sufficient skills to report in line with journalistic values
- can critically analyse representation of others in media texts
Book
The reality of social construction
Elder-Vass, Dave, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 283 s., 2012, isbn:9781107024373,
Article
Framing: Toward clarification of a fractured paradigm
Entman, R., Journal of Communication, 4, 43, 51-58,
Book
Frame analysis : an essay on the organization of experience
Goffman, Erving, Boston, Northeastern University Press, XVIII, 586 s., 1986, isbn:093035091X; 9780930350918,
Read pages 1-38. A PDF of these can be found attached to this post.
Book
How to do critical discourse analysis : a multimodal introduction
Machin, David, Mayr, Andrea, Los Angeles, Calif., Sage, 236 s., cop. 2012, isbn:9780857028914; 9780857028921,
Read pages 1-96.
Article
Agenda-Setting, Priming, and Framing Revisited: Another Look at Cognitive Effects of Political Communication
Dietram A. Scheufele, Mass Communication & Society, 2 & 3, 3, 2000, 297-316,
Article
Media representation of Muslims and Islam from 2000 to 2015: A meta- analysis Objects of Desire. Content and Effects of Sexualizing Media View project
Saifuddin Ahmed, The International Communication Gazette, 3, 79, 2017, 219-244,
Book
The handbook of gender, sex, and media
Byerly, Carolyn M., Karen Ross (1957-) (redaktør), Chichester :, Wiley-Blackwell, xxvii, 576 sider ;, 2012., isbn:9781444338546; 9781118721483,
Read pages 3-19. A PDF of these can be found attached to this post.
Article
The conflictual model of analysis in studies on the media representation of Islam and Muslims: A critical review
Faimau, Gabriel, Social Compass, 5, 9, 2015, 321-335,
Book
Picturing pity : pitfalls and pleasures in cross-cultural communication : image and word in a North Cameroon mission
Gullestad, Marianne, New York, Berghahn, XVIII, 302 s., 2007, isbn:9781845453435; 1845453433,
Read pages 1-35. A PDF of these can be found attached to this post.
Book
The other
Kapuściński, Ryszard, Neal Ascherson (forfatter av forord), London, Verso, 100 s., 2008, isbn:978-1-84467-328-5; 978-1-84467-416-9,
Book
Media representation and the global imagination
Orgad, Shani, Cambridge, Polity Press, XIII, 230 sider, 2012, isbn:9780745643809; 9780745643793,
Book
The social construction of reality : a treatise in the sociology of knowledge
Berger, Peter L., Thomas Luckmann (1927-2016), Garden City, N. Y., Doubleday, X, 219 s., 1967, isbn:0385058985,
Book
Critical discourse analysis : the critical study of language
Fairclough, Norman., Harlow, Longman, XI, 591 s., 2010, isbn:9781405858229,
Recommended to read chapters 1, 2, 3, 4 & 7.
Book
How to do critical discourse analysis : a multimodal introduction
Machin, David, Mayr, Andrea, Los Angeles, Calif., Sage, 236 s., cop. 2012, isbn:9780857028914; 9780857028921,
Read pages 97-218.
Compulsory components
Lectures in GJ 313 are not compulsory, but students are encouraged to be present in order to create a conducive learning environment. The written assignment and the oral exam are compulsory.
- A 4000 word written assignment/paper (51% of the final grade)
- A 30 minute oral exam covering relevant issues in the field of media representation (49% of the final grade)
1. Written assignment/paper: All
2. Oral exam: None
Course details
GJ 313-1: Construction of culture and society
The first section of the course deals with fundamental issues related to culture and society and how humans are influenced by these issues in their interpretation of reality.
GJ 313-2: Representation and otherness - current and historical perspectives
The second section of the course discusses the idea of representation, focusing especially on media representation. A historical approach is taken to show how history influences our current situation and representation.
GJ 313 Media Representation focuses on understanding how culture influences interpretation and representation. For journalists it is important to acknowledge how cultural socialization and worldview influence and effect the way one understands and reports about different situations. Insights from semiotics, post-colonial studies and social anthropology, amongst others, will shed light on how the others are represented. Through this course the students are given methods and tools to analyse intercultural media representation.
The course is divided into two main parts, where the first part focuses on how culture and societies and ultimately media productsare constructed. The purpose of learning about how cultures and societies are constructed is to show that a journalist's background and experiences influences the understanding and interpretation of a situation and context. The interpretation of a situation influences the representation of it. For journalists, whose goal is to truthfully report situations and realities, it is important to acknowledge and take into account the role of culture, recognizing that the same situation can be understood and interpreted differently. The importance of epistemology and ontology will be presented and discussed.
The second part of the course elaborates on the idea of representation and otherness. Edward Said's idea of orientalism is presented to get a historical presentation of this. The course will also deal with how media portrays and presents certain groups or communities. These issues will be discussed in relation to power structures and under-representation.
Related media theories of framing, agenda-setting and discourse analysis are also explored to strengthen the conceptual and analytical frames in media representation.
Knowledge
The student:
- can identify and explain major issues in media representation
- can explain common concepts used in culture theory and relevant literature in this field
- has knowledge of the theories of representation, otherness, epistemology and ontology
- and other relevant theories in the field
Skills
The student:
- can discuss the idea of representation in a historical and current context
- can by using an analytical approach detect various representation of others and discuss this in light of relevant theory
General competence
The student:
- is able to identify potential challenges when reporting from different cultural contexts and how to apply sufficient skills to report in line with journalistic values
- can critically analyse representation of others in media texts
Book
The reality of social construction
Elder-Vass, Dave, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 283 s., 2012, isbn:9781107024373,
Article
Framing: Toward clarification of a fractured paradigm
Entman, R., Journal of Communication, 4, 43, 51-58,
Book
Frame analysis : an essay on the organization of experience
Goffman, Erving, Boston, Northeastern University Press, XVIII, 586 s., 1986, isbn:093035091X; 9780930350918,
Read pages 1-38. A PDF of these can be found attached to this post.
Book
How to do critical discourse analysis : a multimodal introduction
Machin, David, Mayr, Andrea, Los Angeles, Calif., Sage, 236 s., cop. 2012, isbn:9780857028914; 9780857028921,
Read pages 1-96.
Article
Agenda-Setting, Priming, and Framing Revisited: Another Look at Cognitive Effects of Political Communication
Dietram A. Scheufele, Mass Communication & Society, 2 & 3, 3, 2000, 297-316,
Article
Media representation of Muslims and Islam from 2000 to 2015: A meta- analysis Objects of Desire. Content and Effects of Sexualizing Media View project
Saifuddin Ahmed, The International Communication Gazette, 3, 79, 2017, 219-244,
Book
The handbook of gender, sex, and media
Byerly, Carolyn M., Karen Ross (1957-) (redaktør), Chichester :, Wiley-Blackwell, xxvii, 576 sider ;, 2012., isbn:9781444338546; 9781118721483,
Read pages 3-19. A PDF of these can be found attached to this post.
Article
The conflictual model of analysis in studies on the media representation of Islam and Muslims: A critical review
Faimau, Gabriel, Social Compass, 5, 9, 2015, 321-335,
Book
Picturing pity : pitfalls and pleasures in cross-cultural communication : image and word in a North Cameroon mission
Gullestad, Marianne, New York, Berghahn, XVIII, 302 s., 2007, isbn:9781845453435; 1845453433,
Read pages 1-35. A PDF of these can be found attached to this post.
Book
The other
Kapuściński, Ryszard, Neal Ascherson (forfatter av forord), London, Verso, 100 s., 2008, isbn:978-1-84467-328-5; 978-1-84467-416-9,
Book
Media representation and the global imagination
Orgad, Shani, Cambridge, Polity Press, XIII, 230 sider, 2012, isbn:9780745643809; 9780745643793,
Book
The social construction of reality : a treatise in the sociology of knowledge
Berger, Peter L., Thomas Luckmann (1927-2016), Garden City, N. Y., Doubleday, X, 219 s., 1967, isbn:0385058985,
Book
Critical discourse analysis : the critical study of language
Fairclough, Norman., Harlow, Longman, XI, 591 s., 2010, isbn:9781405858229,
Recommended to read chapters 1, 2, 3, 4 & 7.
Book
How to do critical discourse analysis : a multimodal introduction
Machin, David, Mayr, Andrea, Los Angeles, Calif., Sage, 236 s., cop. 2012, isbn:9780857028914; 9780857028921,
Read pages 97-218.
Compulsory components
Lectures in GJ 313 are not compulsory, but students are encouraged to be present in order to create a conducive learning environment. The written assignment and the oral exam are compulsory.
The assessment of GJ 313 comprises two parts:
- A 4000 word written assignment/paper (51% of the final grade)
- A 30 minute oral exam covering relevant issues in the field of media representation (49% of the final grade)
1. Written assignment/paper: All
2. Oral exam: None
Course details
GJ 313-1: Construction of culture and society
The first section of the course deals with fundamental issues related to culture and society and how humans are influenced by these issues in their interpretation of reality.
GJ 313-2: Representation and otherness - current and historical perspectives
The second section of the course discusses the idea of representation, focusing especially on media representation. A historical approach is taken to show how history influences our current situation and representation.
GJ 313 Media Representation focuses on understanding how culture influences interpretation and representation. For journalists it is important to acknowledge how cultural socialization and worldview influence and effect the way one understands and reports about different situations. Insights from semiotics, post-colonial studies and social anthropology, amongst others, will shed light on how the others are represented. Through this course the students are given methods and tools to analyse intercultural media representation.
The course is divided into two main parts, where the first part focuses on how culture and societies and ultimately media productsare constructed. The purpose of learning about how cultures and societies are constructed is to show that a journalist's background and experiences influences the understanding and interpretation of a situation and context. The interpretation of a situation influences the representation of it. For journalists, whose goal is to truthfully report situations and realities, it is important to acknowledge and take into account the role of culture, recognizing that the same situation can be understood and interpreted differently. The importance of epistemology and ontology will be presented and discussed.
The second part of the course elaborates on the idea of representation and otherness. Edward Said's idea of orientalism is presented to get a historical presentation of this. The course will also deal with how media portrays and presents certain groups or communities. These issues will be discussed in relation to power structures and under-representation.
Related media theories of framing, agenda-setting and discourse analysis are also explored to strengthen the conceptual and analytical frames in media representation.
Knowledge
The student:
- can identify and explain major issues in media representation
- can explain common concepts used in culture theory and relevant literature in this field
- has knowledge of the theories of representation, otherness, epistemology and ontology
- and other relevant theories in the field
Skills
The student:
- can discuss the idea of representation in a historical and current context
- can by using an analytical approach detect various representation of others and discuss this in light of relevant theory
General competence
The student:
- is able to identify potential challenges when reporting from different cultural contexts and how to apply sufficient skills to report in line with journalistic values
- can critically analyse representation of others in media texts
Total reading: 676 pp.
GJ 313-1: Construction of culture and society
- Elder-Vass, Dave (2012) The reality of social construction. Cambridge University Press. (280 pp)
- Entman, R. (1993) Framing: Toward clarification of a fractured paradigm. Journal of Communication 43(4): 51-58. (8 pp)
- Goffman, Erving (1974) Frame analysis: An essay on the organization of experience. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 1-38 (38 pp)
- Machin, David and Andrea Mayr (2012) How to do critical discourse analysis: A multimodal introduction. Los Angeles: Sage. 1-96. (96 pp)
- Scheufele, Dietram A. (2000) Agenda-setting, priming and framing revisited: Another look at cognitive effects of political communication. Mass Communication & Society 3 (2&3): 297-316. (20 pp)
GJ 313-2: Representation and otherness - current and historical perspectives
- Ahmed, Saifuddin and Jörg Matthes (2017) Media representation of Muslims and Islam from 2000 to 2015: A meta-analysis. The International Communication Gazette 79(3): 219-244. (26 pp)
- Byerly, Carolyn M. (2012) The geography of women and media scholarship. In: Karen Ross (ed.), The handbook of gender, sex, and media, 3-19. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. (17 pp)
- Faimau, Gabriel (2015) The conflictual model of analysis in studies on the media representation of Islam and Muslims: A critical review. Social Compass 9(5): 321-335. (15 pp)
- Gullestad, Marianne (2007) Picturing pity: Pitfall and pleasures in cross-cultural communication. Image and word in a North Cameroon mission. New York: Berghahn. 1-35. (35 pp)
- Kapuscinski, Ryszard (2008) The other. London: Verso. (104 pp)
- Orgad, Shani (2012) Media representation and the global imagination. Cambridge: Polity. 15-51. (37 pp)
Recommended additional readings for the course:
- Berger, Peter L. and Thomas Luckmann (1966) Social construction of reality: A treatise in the sociology of knowledge. New York: Anchor Books. (200 pp)
- Fairclough, Norman (1995) Critical discourse analysis. London: Longman. Chs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 7. (121 pp)
- Machin, David and Andrea Mayr (2012) How to do critical discourse analysis: A multimodal introduction. Sage. LA. 97-218 (122 pp)
Compulsory components
Lectures in GJ 313 are not compulsory, but students are encouraged to be present in order to create a conducive learning environment. The written assignment and the oral exam are compulsory.
The assessment of GJ 313 comprises two parts:
- A 4000 word written assignment/paper (51% of the final grade)
- A 30 minute oral exam covering relevant issues in the field of media representation (49% of the final grade)
1. Written assignment/paper: All
2. Oral exam: None
Course details
GJ 313¿1: Construction of culture and society
The first section of the course deals with fundamental issues related to culture and society and how humans are influenced by these issues in their interpretation of reality.
GJ 313¿2: Representation and otherness in a historical perspective
The second section of the course discusses the idea of representation, focusing especially on media representation. A historical approach is taken to show how history influences our current situation and representation.
GJ 313 Media Representation focuses on understanding how culture influences interpretation and representation. For journalists it is important to acknowledge how cultural socialization and worldview influence and effect the way one understands and reports about different situations. Insights from semiotics, post-colonial studies and social anthropology, amongst others, will shed light on how the others are represented. Through this course the students are given methods and tools to analyze intercultural media representation.
The course is divided into two main parts, where the first part focuses on how culture and societies and ultimately media productsare constructed. The purpose of learning about how cultures and societies are constructed is to show that a journalist's background and experiences influences the understanding and interpretation of a situation and context. The interpretation of a situation influences the representation of it. For journalists, whose goal is to truthfully report situations and realities, it is important to acknowledge and take into account the role of culture, recognizing that the same situation can be understood and interpreted differently. The importance of epistemology and ontology will be presented and discussed.
The second part of the course elaborates on the idea of representation and otherness. Edward Said¿s idea of orientalism is presented to get a historical presentation of this. The course will also deal with how media portrays and presents certain groups or communities. These issues will be discussed in relation to power structures and under-representation.
Related media theories of framing, agenda-setting and discourse analysis are also explored to strengthen the conceptual and analytical frames in media representation.
Knowledge
The student:
- can identify and explain major issues in media representation
- can explain common concepts used in culture theory and relevant literature in this field
- has knowledge of the theories of representation, otherness, epistemology and ontology
- and other relevant theories in the field
Skills
The student:
- can discuss the idea of representation in a historical and current context
- can by using an analytical approach detect various representation of others and discuss this in light of relevant theory
General competence
The student:
- is able to identify potential challenges when reporting from different cultural contexts and how to apply sufficient skills to report in line with journalistic values
- can critically analyse representation of others in media texts
Total reading: 676 pp.
GJ 313-1: Construction of culture and society
- Elder-Vass, Dave (2012) The reality of social construction. Cambridge University Press. (280 pp)
- Entman, R. (1993) Framing: Toward clarification of a fractured paradigm. Journal of Communication 43(4): 51-58. (8 pp)
- Goffman, Erving (1974) Frame analysis: An essay on the organization of experience. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 1-38 (38 pp)
- Machin, David and Andrea Mayr (2012) How to do critical discourse analysis: A multimodal introduction. Los Angeles: Sage. 1-96. (96 pp)
- Scheufele, Dietram A. (2000) Agenda-setting, priming and framing revisited: Another look at cognitive effects of political communication. Mass Communication & Society 3 (2&3): 297-316. (20 pp)
GJ 313-2: Representation and otherness - current and historical perspectives
- Ahmed, Saifuddin and Jörg Matthes (2017) Media representation of Muslims and Islam from 2000 to 2015: A meta-analysis. The International Communication Gazette 79(3): 219-244. (26 pp)
- Byerly, Carolyn M. (2012) The geography of women and media scholarship. In: Karen Ross (ed.), The handbook of gender, sex, and media, 3-19. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. (17 pp)
- Faimau, Gabriel (2015) The conflictual model of analysis in studies on the media representation of Islam and Muslims: A critical review. Social Compass 9(5): 321-335. (15 pp)
- Gullestad, Marianne (2007) Picturing pity: Pitfall and pleasures in cross-cultural communication. Image and word in a North Cameroon mission. New York: Berghahn. 1-35. (35 pp)
- Kapuscinski, Ryszard (2008) The other. London: Verso. (104 pp)
- Orgad, Shani (2012) Media representation and the global imagination. Cambridge: Polity. 15-51. (37 pp)
Recommended additional readings for the course:
- Berger, Peter L. and Thomas Luckmann (1966) Social construction of reality: A treatise in the sociology of knowledge. New York: Anchor Books. (200 pp)
- Fairclough, Norman (1995) Critical discourse analysis. London: Longman. Chs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 7. (121 pp)
- Machin, David and Andrea Mayr (2012) How to do critical discourse analysis: A multimodal introduction. Sage. LA. 97-218 (122 pp)
The assessment of GJ 313 comprises two parts:
- 4000 word written assignment/paper (51 % of the final grade)
- 30 minute oral exam covering relevant issues in the field of media representation (49 % of the final grade)
2. Oral exam - none
Course details
GJ 313¿1: Construction of culture and society
The first section of the course deals with fundamental issues related to culture and society and how humans are influenced by these issues in their interpretation of reality.
GJ 313¿2: Representation and otherness in a historical perspective
The second section of the course discusses the idea of representation, focusing especially on media representation. A historical approach is taken to show how history influences our current situation and representation.
GJ 313 Media Representation focuses on understanding how culture influences interpretation and representation. For journalists it is important to acknowledge how cultural socialization and worldview influence and effect the way one understands and reports about different situations. Insights from semiotics, post-colonial studies and social anthropology, amongst others, will shed light on how the others are represented. Through this course the students are given methods and tools to analyze intercultural media representation.
The course is divided into two main parts, where the first part focuses on how culture and societies and ultimately media productsare constructed. The purpose of learning about how cultures and societies are constructed is to show that a journalist's background and experiences influences the understanding and interpretation of a situation and context. The interpretation of a situation influences the representation of it. For journalists, whose goal is to truthfully report situations and realities, it is important to acknowledge and take into account the role of culture, recognizing that the same situation can be understood and interpreted differently. The importance of epistemology and ontology will be presented and discussed.
The second part of the course elaborates on the idea of representation and otherness. Edward Said¿s idea of orientalism is presented to get a historical presentation of this. The course will also deal with how media portrays and presents certain groups or communities. These issues will be discussed in relation to power structures and under-representation.
Related media theories of framing, agenda-setting and discourse analysis are also explored to strengthen the conceptual and analytical frames in media representation.
Knowledge
The student:
- can identify and explain major issues in media representation
- can explain common concepts used in culture theory and relevant literature in this field
- has knowledge of the theories of representation, otherness, epistemology and ontology
- and other relevant theories in the field
Skills
The student:
- can discuss the idea of representation in a historical and current context
- can by using an analytical approach detect various representation of others and discuss this in light of relevant theory
General competence
The student:
- is able to identify potential challenges when reporting from different cultural contexts and how to apply sufficient skills to report in line with journalistic values
- can critically analyse representation of others in media texts
Course details
Total reading: 676 pages
GJ 313-1: Construction of culture and society
The first section of the course deals with fundamental issues related to culture and society and how humans are influenced by these issues in their interpretation of reality.
Readings:
- Elder-Vass, Dave (2012) The reality of social construction. Cambridge University Press. (280 pages)
- Entman, R. (1993) Framing: Toward clarification of a fractured paradigm. Journal of Communication 43(4): 51-58 (8 pages)
- Goffman, Erving (1974) Frame analysis: An essay on the organization of experience. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. (pp. 1-38; 38 pages)
- Machin, David and Andrea Mayr (2012) How to do critical discourse analysis: A multimodal introduction. Los Angeles: Sage (pp. 1-96; 96 pages)
- Scheufele, Dietram A. (2000) Agenda-setting, priming and framing revisited: Another look at cognitive effects of political communication. Mass Communication & Society 3 (2&3): 297-316 (20 pages)
GJ 313-2: Representation and otherness - current and historical perspectives
The second section of the course discusses the idea of representation, focusing especially on media representation and marginality. This includes historical perspectives on ¿otherness¿, showing how history influences our current situation and representation. With the aid of case studies, this part also explores the geography and the scholarship on media representation with focus on Islam and Muslims (particularly in the West), and also gender and media representation.
Readings:
- Ahmed, Saifuddin and Jörg Matthes (2017) Media representation of Muslims and Islam from 2000 to 2015: A meta-analysis. The International Communication Gazette 79(3): 219-244 (26 pages).
- Byerly, Carolyn M. (2012) The geography of women and media scholarship. In: Karen Ross (ed.), The handbook of gender, sex, and media, 3-19. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell (17 pages)
- Faimau, Gabriel (2015) The conflictual model of analysis in studies on the media representation of Islam and Muslims: A critical review. Social Compass 9(5): 321-335 (15 pages)
- Gullestad, Marianne (2007) Picturing pity: Pitfall and pleasures in cross-cultural communication. Image and word in a North Cameroon mission. New York: Berghahn (pp. 1-35; 35 pages)
- Kapuscinski, Ryszard (2008) The other. London: Verso. (104 pages)
- Orgad, Shani (2012) Media representation and the global imagination. Cambridge: Polity (pp. 15-51; 37 pages)
Recommended additional readings for the course:
- Berger, Peter L. and Thomas Luckmann (1966) Social construction of reality: A treatise in the sociology of knowledge. New York : Anchor Books. (200 pages)
- Fairclough, Norman (1995) Critical discourse analysis. London: Longman (chs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 7; 121 pages)
- Machin, David and Andrea Mayr (2012) How to do critical discourse analysis: A multimodal introduction. Sage. LA. (pp. 97-218; 122 pages)
The assessment of GJ 313 comprises two parts:
- 4000 word written assignment/paper (51 % of the final grade)
- 30 minute oral exam covering relevant issues in the field of media representation (49 % of the final grade)
Course details
GJ 313¿1: Construction of culture and society
The first section of the course deals with fundamental issues related to culture and society and how humans are influenced by these issues in their interpretation of reality.
GJ 313¿2: Representation and otherness in a historical perspective
The second section of the course discusses the idea of representation, focusing especially on media representation. A historical approach is taken to show how history influences our current situation and representation.
GJ 313 Media Representation focuses on understanding how culture influences interpretation and representation. For journalists it is important to acknowledge how cultural socialization and worldview influence and effect the way one understands and reports about different situations. Insights from semiotics, post-colonial studies and social anthropology will shed light on how the others are represented. Through this course the students are given methods and tools to analyze intercultural media representation.
The course is divided into two main parts, where the first part focuses on how culture and societies are constructed. The purpose of learning about how cultures and societies are constructed is to show that a journalist's background and experiences influences the understanding and interpretation of a situation and context. The interpretation of a situation influences the representation of it. For journalists, whose goal is to truthfully report situations and realities, it is important to acknowledge and take into account the role of culture, recognizing that the same situation can be understood and interpreted differently. The importance of epistemology and ontology will be presented and discussed.
The second part of the course elaborates on the idea of representation and otherness. Edward Said¿s idea of orientalism is presented to get a historical presentation of this. The course will also deal with how media portrays and presents certain groups or communities. These issues will be discussed in relation to power structures and under-representation.
Knowledge
The student:
- can identify and explain major issues in media representation
- can explain common concepts used in culture theory and relevant literature in this field
- has knowledge of the theories of representation, otherness, epistemology and ontology
Skills
The student:
- can discuss the idea of representation in a historical and current context
- can by using an analytical approach detect various representation of others and discuss this in light of relevant theory
General competence
The student:
- is able to identify potential challenges when reporting from different cultural contexts and how to apply sufficient skills to report in line with journalistic values
Total reading: Approx. 680 pp.
GJ 313-1: Construction of culture and society
Readings:
- Berger, Peter L. and Thomas Luckmann (1966) Social construction of reality: A treatise in the sociology of knowledge. New York : Anchor Books. (200 pp.)
- Elder-Vass, Dave (2012) The reality of social construction. Cambridge University Press. (280 pp.)
GJ 313-2: Representation and otherness in a historical perspective
Readings:
- Ahmed, Saifuddin and Jörg Matthes (2016) Media representation of Muslims and Islam from 2000 to 2015: A meta-analysis. The International Communication Gazette, online ahead of print. (26 pp.).
- Faimau, Gabriel (2015) The conflictual model of analysis in studies on the media representation of Islam and Muslims: A critical review. Social Compass 9(5): 321-335.
- Gullestad, Marianne (2007) Picturing pity: Pitfall and pleasures in cross-cultural communication. Image and word in a North Cameroon mission. New York: Berghahn Books. Pp. 1-35.
- Kapuscinski, Ryszard (2008) The other. London: Verso. (104 pp.)
- Orgad, Shani (2012) Media representation and the global imagination. Cambridge: Polity Press. Pp. 15-51.
The assessment of GJ 313 comprises two parts:
- 4000 word written assignment/paper (51 % of the final grade)
- 30 minute oral exam covering relevant issues in the field of media representation (49 % of the final grade)
Course details
GJ 313¿1: Construction of culture and society
The first section of the course deals with fundamental issues related to culture and society and how humans are influenced by these issues in their interpretation of reality.
GJ 313¿2: Representation and otherness in a historical perspective
The second section of the course discusses the idea of representation, focusing especially on media representation. A historical approach is taken to show how history influences our current situation and representation.
GJ 313 Media Representation focuses on understanding how culture influences interpretation and representation. For journalists it is important to acknowledge how cultural socialization and worldview influence and effect the way one understands and reports about different situations. Insights from semiotics, post-colonial studies and social anthropology will shed light on how the others are represented. Through this course the students are given methods and tools to analyze intercultural media representation.
The course is divided into two main parts, where the first part focuses on how culture and societies are constructed. The purpose of learning about how cultures and societies are constructed is to show that a journalist's background and experiences influences the understanding and interpretation of a situation and context. The interpretation of a situation influences the representation of it. For journalists, whose goal is to truthfully report situations and realities, it is important to acknowledge and take into account the role of culture, recognizing that the same situation can be understood and interpreted differently. The importance of epistemology and ontology will be presented and discussed.
The second part of the course elaborates on the idea of representation and otherness. Edward Said¿s idea of orientalism is presented to get a historical presentation of this. The course will also deal with how media portrays and presents certain groups or communities. These issues will be discussed in relation to power structures and under-representation.
Knowledge
The student:
- can identify and explain major issues in media representation
- can explain common concepts used in culture theory and relevant literature in this field
- has knowledge of the theories of representation, otherness, epistemology and ontology
Skills
The student:
- can discuss the idea of representation in a historical and current context
- can by using an analytical approach detect various representation of others and discuss this in light of relevant theory
General competence
The student:
- is able to identify potential challenges when reporting from different cultural contexts and how to apply sufficient skills to report in line with journalistic values
Total reading: Approx. 680 pp.
GJ 313-1: Construction of culture and society
Readings:
- Berger, Peter L. and Thomas Luckmann (1966) Social construction of reality: A treatise in the sociology of knowledge. New York : Anchor Books. (200 pp.)
- Elder-Vass, Dave (2012) The reality of social construction. Cambridge University Press. (280 pp.)
GJ 313-2: Representation and otherness in a historical perspective
Readings:
- Ahmed, Saifuddin and Jörg Matthes (2016) Media representation of Muslims and Islam from 2000 to 2015: A meta-analysis. The International Communication Gazette, online ahead of print. (26 pp.).
- Faimau, Gabriel (2015) The conflictual model of analysis in studies on the media representation of Islam and Muslims: A critical review. Social Compass 9(5): 321-335.
- Gullestad, Marianne (2007) Picturing pity: Pitfall and pleasures in cross-cultural communication. Image and word in a North Cameroon mission. New York: Berghahn Books. Pp. 1-35.
- Kapuscinski, Ryszard (2008) The other. London: Verso. (104 pp.)
- Orgad, Shani (2012) Media representation and the global imagination. Cambridge: Polity Press. Pp. 15-51.