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This module aims at expanding the study programme and at acquiring additional qualifications in the field of interdisciplinary media and communication research.

The lecture series includes in-depth contributions to the topic of the Media Day 2021 on the topic "DataPolitics - Media, Data & Politics". The originally high expectations of the democratizing effects of the Internet have long since vanished. Today, dystopian future scenarios seem to dominate - "Big brother is watching you! The COVID 19 pandemic has, among other things, highlighted the ambivalence inherent in data-based technologies for controlling social processes. Accordingly, the event will focus on critical-reflexive perspectives of data use. Detailed information will be available in the syllabus (https://www.uibk.ac.at/medien/).

General description of contents:
Providing the availability of places, courses corresponding to 10 ECTS-Credits can be chosen from the involved institutions (LehrerInnenbildung West), with the exception of courses from the other teaching subject. With regard to professional practice it is recommended to take courses on media-related topics (e.g. methods of media research, e-inclusion, digital divide, media analysis, visual competence, media history, media didactics, media and gender, media and politics, media communication, media languages, intermediality, e-education, e-learning, media competence, media activism, media sociology, media psychology, media and knowledge management, media and spaces, media ethics, media aesthetics).

Invited lectures, plenary discussions, active participation in the media day event. 

Active participation in the lecture and written essay about a specialization topic considering the discussions in the course, current discourses as well as selected theoretical and empirical references to the LV topic (volume: approx. 15 pages).

References will be communicated in the course.

The requirements specified by the respective curricula must be met.

A complete list of all credit options of the lecture series can be found below (see allocation of studies).

Dates (subject to change):
Friday, 08.10.2021, 10-16h
Friday, 05.11.2021, 10-16h
Thursday, 18.11.2021, 14-20h (Media Day)
Friday, 03.12.2021, 10-16h

Contact: <medien@uibk.ac.at>