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Institut für Amerikastudien Institut für Amerikastudien

Mag. Dr. Claudia Schwarz Mag. Dr. Claudia Schwarz

610019

American Film, Media and Culture: The Role of the News Media in U.S. Society

SE 2

10

wöch.

semestral

Englisch

This course aims at establishing a deeper understanding for the role of the news media in the United States. It examines the concept of a free press and the relationship between the media, the government, and public interest. Apart from historical and socio-cultural considerations, legal and ethical problems concerning the news business will alos be identified and discussed. Furthermore, the course addresses questions about the nature of news, changing technologies, and globalization in the news media. Possible topics range from First Amendment rights to spin-doctoring and from embedded journalists to news parodies.

Lecture inputs, student presentations, class discussions

Active class participation, reading and writing assignments, presentation, term paper (ca. 5000 words)

Selected sources will be made available on e-campus.

Anmeldungsvoraussetzung/en: keine Anrechnung: MA Medien: Wahlmodul 9 MA Anglistik und Amerikanistik: Wahlmodul 12 Diplomstudium (343) und Lehramtsstudium (344) Anglistk und Amerikanistik: Freies Wahlfach
Beginn: 5.10.2010