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Modernisation and Creative Communication

Prof. Saswat Samay Das Prof. Ananya Roy Pratihar · IIT Kharagpur

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Lectures

Week 1 : Ideas of Modernisation and Creativity

  1. Lecture 1 | Modernisation: Introduction and Contemporaneity Part 1 Video
  2. Lecture 2 | Modernisation: Introduction and Contemporaneity Part 2 Video
  3. Lecture 3 | Modernisation and Creativity Video
  4. Lecture 4 | Modernisation Theory: Evolution, Analysis and Applications Video
  5. Lecture 5 : Tools of Modernisation Video

Week 2 : Historical Overview of Modernisation

  1. Lecture 6 | Modernity, Modernism and Modernisation Video
  2. Lecture 7 | Historical Context of Modernisation: Premodern Societies to Enlightenment Phase Video
  3. Lecture 8 | Socio-Cultural Model of Modernisation: Liberalism and Socialism Video
  4. Lecture 9 | Modernity as an Unfinished Project Video
  5. Lecture 10 | Dematerialisation of Communication Video

Week 3 : Current Developments in Modernisation

  1. Lecture 11 | Critiques of Modernisation Video
  2. Lecture 12 | Altermodernities Video
  3. Lecture 13 | Modernism, Modernisation and Postcolonial India Video
  4. Lecture 14 | Machines, Animals and Aliens: Horizons of Incommunicability Video
  5. Lecture 15 | The New Space of Homo Digitalis Video

Week 4 : Modernisation as a Communicative Practice

  1. Lecture 16 | Modernisation as a Communicative Practice Video
  2. Lecture 17 | Shift from Traditional to Modern Communicative Paradigms Video
  3. Lecture 18 | Socio-Cultural Impact of Communication Practices Video
  4. Lecture 19 | Storytelling as a Tool of Creative Communication Video
  5. Lecture 20 | Future Trajectories of Modernisation Through Innovative Communicative Practices Video

Week 5 : Speaking into the Air - Part I

  1. Lecture 21 | Speaking into the Air - Part 1 Video
  2. Lecture 22 | From Matter to Mind Video
  3. Lecture 23 | Communication with the Dead Video
  4. Lecture 24 | Hegel, Marx, Kierkegaard: Self, Communication and Society Video
  5. Lecture 25 | Dead Letters Video

Week 6 : Speaking into the Air - Part II

  1. Lecture 26 | The Telephonic Uncanny: Communication, Identity and Disconnection Video
  2. Lecture 27 | Radio Broadcasting and Communication Video
  3. Lecture 28 | The Communication Gap: Fragments, Misunderstanding, and Dialogic Challenges Video
  4. Lecture 29 | The Dark Side of Communication Video
  5. Lecture 30 | Relevance of Speaking into the Air Video

Week 7 : Media, Market and Creative Communication

  1. Lecture 31 | Media, Market and Creative Communication Video
  2. Lecture 32 | Shifts from the Print to the Digital Video
  3. Lecture 33 | Marketizing Media or Mediatizing Market? Video
  4. Lecture 34 | Creative Communication in the Digital Age Video
  5. Lecture 35 | Trends and the Future of Creative Communication Video

Week 8 : The Dominion of Communication: One Planet, Many Worlds

  1. Lecture 36 | Dominion of Communication Barriers Video
  2. Lecture 37 | Decolonising Communication Video
  3. Lecture 38 | Ethical and Sustainable Communicative Practices Video
  4. Lecture 39 | Translation and World-Making Video
  5. Lecture 40 | Reimagining Communication: One Planet, Many Worlds Video

Live Session

  1. Live Session 07-04-2025 Video
  2. Live Session 15-04-2025 Video

Syllabus and materials

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Credits and licence

Institution
IIT Kharagpur
Department
Humanities and Social Sciences
Teacher
Prof. Saswat Samay Das Prof. Ananya Roy Pratihar
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Society and politics
Source
NPTEL
Licence
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