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Sociology of Media and Communication

Prof. Rituparna Patgiri · IIT Guwahati

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About

The course Sociology of Media and Communication will introduce learners to diverse sociological perspectives exploring the interlinkages between media and communication. It will explore theoretical approaches and case studies to illustrate how communication and media are intertwined in the processes of production and consumption. In an increasingly mediatized and digitized world, this course sets out the foundation for understanding the interlinkages between media, communication, culture, and society. Drawing from the disciplines of sociology, anthropology, media studies, and digital studies, this course will be useful for students of diverse backgrounds.

Intended audience: UG, PG and PhD students

Lectures

Week 1: Understanding Media and Communication

  1. Lec 1: Introduction to Media and Communication YouTube
  2. Lec 2: Public Sphere and Counterpublics YouTube
  3. Lec 3: Public Sphere and Counterpublics YouTube
  4. Lec 4: Popular Culture, Public Culture and Media YouTube
  5. Lec 5: The Medium is the Message YouTube

Week 2: Understanding Media and Communication

  1. Lec 6: Print Media YouTube
  2. Lec 7: Television YouTube
  3. Lec 8: Television YouTube
  4. Lec 9: Advertisements YouTube
  5. Lec 10: Dematerialisation and Materialisation YouTube

Week 3: Approaches and Theories to Understand Media

  1. Lec 11: Neo-Marxist and Frankfurt School YouTube
  2. Lec 12: Feminist approach YouTube
  3. Lec 13: Interactionist approach YouTube
  4. Lec 14: Interactionist approach YouTube
  5. Lec 15: Semiotic approach YouTube

Week 4: Digital Media

  1. Lec 16: Introduction to digital media YouTube
  2. Lec 17: Digital Media and Society: Technology, Power and Participation YouTube
  3. Lec 18: Digital Media and Society: Technology, Power and Participation YouTube
  4. Lec 19: Digital Democracy YouTube
  5. Lec 20: Digital Economies YouTube

Week 5: Digital Media

  1. Lec 21: Digital Economies YouTube
  2. Lec 22: Digital Ethnography YouTube
  3. Lec 23: Digital Ethnography YouTube
  4. Lec 24: Digital Revolutions YouTube
  5. Lec 25: Digital Negotiations YouTube

Week 6: Media Processes, Identities, Formations and Representations

  1. Lec 26: Platformization YouTube
  2. Lec 27: The Propaganda Model YouTube
  3. Lec 28: Representations YouTube
  4. Lec 29: Representations YouTube
  5. Lec 30: Gendered representations YouTube

Week 7: Media Processes, Identities, Formations and Representations

  1. Lec 31: African representations in news media YouTube
  2. Lec 32: Representations of disability YouTube
  3. Lec 33: Censorship YouTube
  4. Lec 34: Audience reception YouTube
  5. Lec 35: Media access and childhood YouTube

Week 8: Media and Social Change

  1. Lec 36: Media and social change in Iranian films YouTube
  2. Lec 37: Youth cultures, food and media YouTube
  3. Lec 38: Black lives matter movement, social media and social awareness YouTube
  4. Lec 39: Use of artificial intelligence and its impact on media YouTube
  5. Lec 40: An overview of the course YouTube
  6. Tutorial 1: Media, Power and Public Health YouTube
  7. Tutorial 2: Emotions and Memory in a Communication Age YouTube

Syllabus and materials

At NPTEL, as the course publishes them.

Credits and licence

Institution
IIT Guwahati
Department
Humanities and Social Sciences
Teacher
Prof. Rituparna Patgiri
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Society and politics
Source
NPTEL
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA, as NPTEL states it. Non-commercial use only. NPTEL's terms
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