LFU:online

After positive evaluation, students will master fundamental knowledge of theories and text types within Italian mass media. They will be able to make comparisons between their historical and contemporary development, grasping their differences and peculiarities within Italy’s media and social contexts. The course aims to provide students with the basics on the topic, which will then be deepened in further courses within Translation Studies and/or Media Studies.

- Mass communication

- History of mass media in Italy

- Main players in contemporary Italy

- Text types

- Print media

- TV

- Radio

Lectures with the use of written and audio-visual texts, PowerPoint presentations.

Oral exam.

Will be given before the first lesson.

Before completing the entrance and orientation phase of studies (StEOP), students may enrol for courses comprising a maximum of 22 ECTS. Students who began a degree programme before winter semester 2016/17 and have not yet completed the entrance and orientation phase (StEOP) according to the existing regulations at that time may take an unlimited number of courses/ECTS (enrolment requirements according to the curriculum apply) until successful completion of the entrance and orientation phase (StEOP) by 30.11.2019. After this date, the entrance and orientation phase must be completed successfully before enrolment for further courses can ensue.  

Italian mother-tongue students can take this course instead of “Text Analysis and Competence German II”.