DISCIPLINE DESCRIPTION
1. Information about the program
1.1 Higher education
Babeş-Bolyai University
institution
1.2 Faculty
Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences
1.3 Department
Department of Communication, Public Relations and Advertising
1.4 Field of study
Communication Science
1.5 Level of study
Master
1.6 Study program /
Public Relations and Advertising
Qualification
2. Information about the discipline
2.1 Discipline title
Media Systems
2.2 Course lecturer
Lect. Veronica Campian Ph.D.
2.3 Seminar assistant
Lect. Veronica Campian Ph.D.
2.4 Year of
1st 2.5 Semester 2nd 2.6. Evaluation
Final
2.7 Discipline type Mandatory
study
type
examination
3. Total estimated time (hours of didactic activities per semester)
3.1 Number of hours per week
3
of which: 3.2 course 2
3.3 seminar/laboratory
3.4 Total hours in the study plan
42 of which: 3.5 course 28
3.6 seminar/laboratory
Time distribution:
Studying the manual, course reader, bibliography and notes:
Supplementary documentation in the library, on electronic platforms and in the field:
Preparing seminars/laboratories, homework, syntheses, portfolios and essays:
Tutorials
Examinations
Other activities: ..................
3.7 Total hours of individual study
60
3.8 Total hours per semester
120
3.9 Number of credits
4. Prerequisites (where applicable)
4.1 based on the curriculum
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4.2 based on competences
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5. Conditions (where applicable)
5.1 for the course
5.2 for the
seminar/laboratory
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1
14
hrs
10
5
5
2
Transversal
competencies
Professional
competencies
6. Accumulated specific competencies
 Defining media systems
 Explaining the rules for creating a professional literature review in the field.
 Explaining the research design.
 Analyzing and comparing media systems.
 Developing the capacity of creating empirical projects.
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Communication skills
Critical thinking
Capacity of debating and on presenting arguments
Capacity of predicting
Capacity of analysis
7. Discipline objectives (from the accumulated competencies grid)
7.1 General objective
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7.2 Specific objectives
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By attending this course, students will acquire basic knowledge and skills
about media systems.
Understanding the factors that influenced media systems
Learning theories on comparative media systems
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8. Contents
8.1 Course
1. An introduction to media systems
2. Typologies of media systems like four theories of the
press, Hallin and Mancini’s Model
3. Mediterranean or Polarised Pluralist Model: Italy,
France,
4. Mediterranean or Polarised Pluralist Model: Spain,
Greece and Portugal
5. Northern European or Democratic Corporatist
Model: Germany, Swiss, Holland, Luxenbourg
6. Northern European or Democratic Corporatist
Model: Norway, Finland, Denmark, Sweeden
7 and 8. North American Liberal Model USA-4h
9. UK and Ireland
10. Media System in China
11. Media System in several Asian states
12. Differences in Media Use Palmgreen’s Theory
13. Media systems in the EU 2h
14. Final recapitulation
Bibliography:
Teaching methods
Oral presentation and
discussions
Oral presentation and
discussions
Oral presentation and
discussions
Oral presentation and
discussions
Oral presentation and
discussions
Oral presentation and
discussions
Oral presentation and
discussions
Oral presentation and
discussions
Oral presentation and
discussions
Oral presentation and
discussions
Oral presentation and
discussions
Oral presentation and
discussions
Discussions
Observations
Picaper,Jean-Paul (1976): Kommunikation und Propaganda in der DDR, 2. Auflage, Verlag Bonn Aktuell, Stuttgart
Altendorfer, Otto (2001): Das Mediensystem der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Band 1, 1. Auflage, Westdeutscher
Verlag, Wiesbaden
Hallin, Daniel / Mancini, Paolo(2004). Comparing Media Systems. Three Models of Media and Politics, Cambridge
University Press
Meyn, Hermann (2004): Massenmedien in Deutschland, UVK Verlag, Konstanz
Meyen, Michael (2004), Mediennutzung, UKV,
Pürer, Heinz (Hrsg.) (1996): Praktischer Journalismus in Zeitugen, Radio und Fernsehen, 2., überarbeitete und
erweiterte Auflage, Reihe Praktischer Journalismus, Bd. 9, UVK Medien Verlag, Konstanz
Renner, Karl, Nikolaus (2007): Fernsehjournalismus, Entwurf einer Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns, UVK
Verlag, Konstanz
Schulze, Volker (2001): Die Zeitung, Ein medienkundlicher Leitfaden, 1., völlig überarbeitete Neuauflage, Hahner
Verlagsgesellschaft, Aachen
8.2 Seminar / laboratory
1. An introduction to seminar requests
2. Projects’ presentations
3. Projects’ presentations
4. Projects’ presentations
5. Projects’ presentations
6. Projects’ presentations
7. Projects’ presentations
8. Projects’ presentations
9. Projects’ presentations
10. Projects’ presentations
11. Projects’ presentations
12. Projects’ presentations
13. Projects’ presentations
14. Projects’ presentations
Teaching methods
Class discussions &
fieldwork debriefing
Class discussions &
fieldwork debriefing
Class discussions &
fieldwork debriefing
Class discussions &
fieldwork debriefing
Class discussions &
fieldwork debriefing
Class discussions &
fieldwork debriefing
Class discussions &
fieldwork debriefing
Class discussions &
fieldwork debriefing
Class discussions &
fieldwork debriefing
Class discussions &
fieldwork debriefing
Class discussions &
fieldwork debriefing
Class discussions &
fieldwork debriefing
Class discussions &
fieldwork debriefing
Class discussions &
fieldwork debriefing
Observations
Bibliography:
Picaper,Jean-Paul (1976): Kommunikation und Propaganda in der DDR, 2. Auflage, Verlag Bonn Aktuell, Stuttgart
Altendorfer, Otto (2001): Das Mediensystem der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Band 1, 1. Auflage, Westdeutscher
Verlag, Wiesbaden
Hallin, Daniel / Mancini, Paolo(2004). Comparing Media Systems. Three Models of Media and Politics, Cambridge
University Press
Meyn, Hermann (2004): Massenmedien in Deutschland, UVK Verlag, Konstanz
Meyen, Michael (2004), Mediennutzung, UKV,
Pürer, Heinz (Hrsg.) (1996): Praktischer Journalismus in Zeitugen, Radio und Fernsehen, 2., überarbeitete und
erweiterte Auflage, Reihe Praktischer Journalismus, Bd. 9, UVK Medien Verlag, Konstanz
Renner, Karl, Nikolaus (2007): Fernsehjournalismus, Entwurf einer Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns, UVK
Verlag, Konstanz
Schulze, Volker (2001): Die Zeitung, Ein medienkundlicher Leitfaden, 1., völlig überarbeitete Neuauflage, Hahner
Verlagsgesellschaft, Aachen
9. The corroboration of discipline contents with the expectations of epistemic community
representatives, professional associations and representative employers in the study program’s
corresponding field
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10. Evaluation
Type of activity
10.4 Course
10.5 Seminar/laboratory
10.1 Evaluation criteria
10.2 Evaluation methods
Evaluation of the acquired
knowledge and the use of
the specific terminology
Reaction papers
Activities
Project
10.6 Minimum performance standard
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Date
Course lecturer signature
4.02.2014
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Date of approval in the Department
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10.3 Weight in final
mark
50%
30%
20%
Seminar assistant signature
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Head of department’s signature
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