TIME TABLE FOR MEVIT 4200 AND 3200
(Mass Media and Society (MMS); Media in a Globalised Society (MGS). Articles and book chapters followed by “in the red box” will be
photocopied and placed in the Red Box at the IMK reception on the 4th Floor.
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Date
23 August
30 August
3 September
Lecture Topic
Overview to M & G (Theories &
Approaches)
The Changing Face of Global News
Media – the case of Al Jazeera
International
Big Brother as a Glocal Format
13 September
Political Economy vs. Cultural Studies
perspectives in media – Europe &
Africa
20 September
Theoretical approach 1: Structuration
Theory
27 September
4 October
No Lecture
Hollywood & Globalisation
11 October
Theoretical approach 2: Information
Society & Network Society
Curriculum
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Held & McGrew
Rantanen (in the red box)
Sakr (in MMS)
Figenschou (in the red box)
Hesmondhalgh (chapt.8)
Hesmondhalgh (in MMS)
Murdock & Golding (in
MMS)
 Hesmondhalgh (Part 1 &
Chapter 5)
 Collins (in the red box)
 Heuva et al (in Thomas &
Nain)
 (Nyamnjoh in Binsbergen &
van Dijk)
 Chanda & Kavoori (in MMS)
 Curran (in MMS)
 Hallini & Mancini (in MMS)
No lecture
 Hesmondhalgh (chapt. 6)
 Miller
 Hesmondhalgh (chapt 7)
 Garnham (in MMS)
 Hjavard (in MGS)
 Jensen (in MGS)
 Chakravarty & Sarikakis
Lecturer
Sarah Chiumbu
Tine Figenschou
(Guest Lecturer)
Liesbeth van Zoonen
(Guest Lecturer)
Sarah Chiumbu
Sarah Chiumbu
Dag Asbjørnsen
(Guest Lecturer)
Carol Azungi
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18 October
25 October
Media, Globalisation &
Multiculturalism
Theoretical approach 3: Global Flow
of Communication
1 November
Globalisation, Media Policy &
Regulation: ICANN, INTELSAT,
WTO
8 November
15 November
No Lecture
“Hunting High and Low- Reporting
Anti-Migrant Walls”
Theoretical approach 4: Time-Space
Disjuncture
22 November
29 November
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(Castells, Webster & van
Dijk)
Robins (in MGS)
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Le et al (in MMS)
Wildermuth (in MGS)
Hesmondhalgh (chapt. 6)
Chakravarty & Sarikakis
(Hemer & Tufte)
Chakravartty & Sarikakis
Mueller & Thomson (in red
box)
 Winseck (in red box)
 Hesmondhalgh (chapt. 5 & 6)
 Sum (in red box)
No lecture
No specific readings for this lecture
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Hjavard (in MGS)
Fradsene (in MGS)
Robins (in MGS)
Elizabeth Eide (Guest
Lecturer)
Carol Azungi
Sarah Chiumbu
No lecture
Anne Hege Simonsen
(Guest Lecturer)
Sarah Chiumbu
Summing Up & Evaluation
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