Программа обучения Global Communication: Politics and Society

Программа обучения "Global Communication: Politics and Society" в University of Erfurt

Globale Kommunikation: Politik und Gesellschaft

Университет
University of Erfurt
Степень
Магистратура
Специализация
Communication, Politology
Стоимость
0 € / Семестр

The Master’s program "Global Communication: Politics and Society" is an English language consecutive degree dealing with media systems and communication cultures in international comparison. It focuses on multilayered political, social, cultural and historical approaches.

What role do the media play in contemporary democracies, in political transformation, in war or crises in different regions of the world? Is today’s media society globally oriented or do modern media help to reproduce old stereotypes and heat up racism through hate speech? Does humankind from the US and Europe to Asia, Africa and Latin America share a common vision of an “information society”, in which knowledge and human relation-ships are increasingly “mediatized”? The program also addresses the individual psychological processing of media, the effectiveness of media content, and current transformations in media production and media.

Общая Информация по Программе обучения "Global Communication: Politics and Society"

Уровень: Магистратура
Диплом: Master of Arts (M.A.)
Язык обучения: Английский
Начало обучения: Зимний семестр
Срок обучения: 4 семестров
Форма обучения: Полная
Учебные кредиты: 120 ECTS
Стоимость: € 0 / Семестр
Семестровый взнос: € 286.80 / семестр
Правила приема: На основе конкурса
Минимальный уровень английского: B2

Описание программы обучения "Global Communication: Politics and Society"

The program is innovative in that it does not treat questions of communication studies as isolated national processes, but deals specifically with "global communication" in the sense of international comparisons. In the courses, special emphasis is placed on the equal inclusion of the Global North and South as well as communicative interactions. In addition, processes of international cross-border communication, foreign reporting and the globalization of lifeworlds are addressed. The effects of media content, interpersonal communication and current trends in media use are also dealt with.

The course is primarily oriented towards social sciences but also takes into account cultural theories, methods and contents. Besides developing academic research skills and learning quantitative and qualitative empirical methods, students will acquire knowledge of academic communication consultancy in dedicated teaching units.

This study program enables you to work in a wide range of academic and private social, market and media research. It also qualifies for various professions such as journalism, public relations and the broad field of scientifically supported communication consulting of politics and society, in ministries, foundations and NGOs. The research-oriented program also prepares for an academic career. There is also a “Fast Track to PhD” program for doctoral studies. The focus on a global comparative research perspective and communication consultancy skills in international contexts opens up professional fields at home and abroad.

Международный обмен по программе обучения "Global Communication: Politics and Society"

It is advisable to spend one semester abroad. The 3rd semester offers an ideal optional window of mobility.

University partnerships exist with both European and non-European countries, for example with Spain, Estonia, Lithuania, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Portugal, Italy, Indonesia and the USA. Individual consultation will be offered by the program.

Стажировки и практика в программе обучения "Global Communication: Politics and Society"

In the mandatory module [KuW_01] - Communication Research and Knowledge Transfer: Academic Consulting for Politics and Society, you will learn the basics for profound communication science consulting for politics, business, society and the public in a participatory lecture series in the 2nd semester. Afterwards, you will apply your knowledge during an internship in the module [KuW_02] - Communication Practice in an internationally active institution or enterprise.

Lecture: Communication Research and Knowledge Transfer: Academic Consulting for Politics and Society

Introduction of central developments in the blossoming vocational field of communication consultancy in politics and society exemplified through the areas of specialization of the professors, among them policy consulting, health consulting, education consulting, journalism consulting, international cultural consulting
Reflection of fields of consulting: internal communication (i.e. business communication, media competence), external communication (i.e. PR, campaigns, public diplomacy) in all societal sub-systems and their institutions and organizations
theory and hypothesis based approach

Учебный план программы обучения "Global Communication: Politics and Society"

The study programme of the MA "Global Communication: Politics and Society" consists of a basic introductory module on theories and methods of global comparative communication research in the 1st semester, four substantive in-depth modules in the areas of a) politics, b) society, and c) media in the course of the first three semesters, two methods modules in the 2nd and 3rd semesters, as well as two modules that build on each other and introduce students to consulting practice in communication studies and conclude with an internationally oriented internship in Germany or abroad. The Master's thesis is written in the 4th semester and presented in a colloquium.

In the first semester, you will start with the mandatory introductory module EGK – Introduction to Global Media and Communication Research, in which all students of the master program learn the theoretical and methodological basics of global comparative communication research. The module consists of two seminars and will be finalized with a comprehensive module examination.

First Seminar: Introduction to Theories of Global Media and Communication Research

international comparison of forms of communication of organized social systems (i.e. political system, business, social movements, network society; industrial and developing societies, law/regulation, social implications of media technology);
international comparison of communication cultures in human „lifeworlds“ (i.e. interpersonal, intercultural or rather interpersonal mediated/non-mediated group and individual communication, traditional and modern communication);
international comparison of intermediated spheres of media and public spheres (i.e. media typologies, global/transnational/multi-ethnic public spheres, journalism ethics, new digital public spheres).

Second Seminar: Introduction to Methodologies of Global Media and Communication Research

basics of international comparative social empirical research (i.e. "most-similar"/"most-different" comparisons, synchronous/asynchronous comparisons, modernity as multi-sectoral process, modernization and dependency theories);
context and theory sensitive handling of methods of enquiry and evaluation in qualitative and quantitative social empirical research;
reflection of research practices of "other-awareness", field research/distant remote research, language competence, area competence, tapping of sources, securing data and non-verbal observational research.

Учебный план / модули: https://www.uni-erfurt.de/fileadmin/fakultaet/philosophische/Medien-_und_Kommunikationswissenschaft/Studium/MA_GlobCo/Studienganginformationen/Model_Plan_of_Study_2023_.png
https://www.uni-erfurt.de/philosophische-fakultaet/seminare-professuren/medien-und-kommunikationswissenschaft/studium/master-globale-kommunikation-politik-und-gesellschaft/aufbau-des-studiums

Факультет

Faculty of Philosophy

University of Erfurt

The Faculty of Philosophy sees itself as an academic teaching and research institution that, within the framework of the Reform University of Erfurt, reflects new orientations in the humanities and cultural studies and tests and profiles these new approaches to teaching and research in its own way. The starting point is the insight into the diverse tensions between cultural, i.e. perspective interpretations of the world tied to historical spaces and universally applied, and the symbolic and material orders of their practice (ways of life, religious practices, [self]-representations, literatures and other representational practices, forms of knowledge, etc .). Interculturality requires and enables dialogic forms of exchange and mediation based on scientifically reflected comparison.

Методика оценки заявок

Candidates can score up to 40 points in the interview. The interviewer(s) will base their questions on the applicant's personal statement (motivation letter), which therefore is of high relevance. Bachelor's degree classifications are converted into points; candidates with a converted mark of 1.0 receive the full score of 40 points. If the converted mark falls short of 1.0, one point is subtracted for every missing tenth (0.1). In cases where the candidate has not yet received their bachelor's degree certificate, the selection committee will determine the candidate’s required mark based on their interview performance. If the candidate achieves that mark, the competent examination committee at the Faculty of Philosophy will admit them. To pass the selection procedure, candidates must achieve at least 60 out of 80 points.

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Программа обучения Global Communication: Politics and Society