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The students have acquired the ability to use digital communication constellations to judge their individual, organisational and social impact. They have in-depth knowledge of media and communication science in a specific sub-area of the subject.

Exemplary examination of current specialist scientific discourses with regard to the practical processing of concrete tasks in a selected topic area.

Terms such as “infodemic”, “information disorder”, or “post truth” indicate a crisis not only of contemporary media, but also of societal knowledge. The events in the aftermath of the 2020 US presidential election as well as the heated debates surrounding the Corona pandemic clearly highlight the connection between mediated communication and social reality. Against this background, this course addresses the question of the connection between media, society and knowledge and aims to understand the “erosion of reality” of our time.

Reconstruction of theoretical concepts
Discourse analysis

written exam

Wardle,Claire/Derakhshan, Hossein (2017): Information Disorder: Toward an Interdisciplinary Framework for Research and Policy Making. Strasbourg: Council of Europe.
Benkler, Yochai/Faris, Robert/Roberts, Hal (2018): Network Propaganda: Manipulation, Disinformation, and Radicalization in American Politics.  Oxford: Oxford University Press.

"Active bachelor's programme"
The minor “Media and Communication” covering 30 ECTS-Credits can be selected by degree students  of  Bachelor’s  programmes  at  the  University  of  Innsbruck,  providing  the  relevant curriculum allows for the option to pass a minor.