21st Century British Studies: Media, TV and Film 3301-KB004-INTER
The “British Studies in the 21st Century” Media, TV and Film course is a standalone semester-long continuation of the “British Studies in the 21st Century” History and Politics, and Arts and Literature modules.
In accordance with the general premises of the “British Studies in the 21st Century” course, the Media, TV and Film course, addresses the following clusters of topics that underpin 21st-century British Studies:
● monarchy, class, and education;
● race, colonialism, post colonialism, migration, conflict;
● gender, sexuality and identity
● environment and nature, landscape, geography, and space, and heritage.
In particular, Katy Wareham Morris (Worcester) and Bartosz Lutostański (Warsaw)’s Media, TV and Film course includes the following issues:
● Ideology of the internet;
● Social media activism;
● Sex and gender issues in the digital world;
● Internet as a public sphere;
● Postgender and intersectional feminism;
● Cyberspace and metaverse;
● Digital capitalism;
● AI and the futurism;
● Textual analysis and semiotics.
For the specific examples under consideration see below.
Type of course
Mode
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
In terms of knowledge, the students will:
• identify and characterize on an advanced level the place and status of culture studies within the humanities (K_W01);
• describe on an advanced level the current trends in cultural studies research within English studies (K_W02);
• characterize on an advanced level the principles of research design in culture studies with special focus on the application of methods and tools in formulating research problems (K_W04);
• identify the notions and principles pertinent to intellectual property and copyright (K_W05).
In terms of skills, the students:
• apply advanced terminology and notions pertinent to the discipline (linguistics, literary studies, culture and religion studies, and politics) (K_U01);
• apply advanced research methodology within culture studies and English studies, respecting ethical norms and copyright law (K_U02);
• apply knowledge obtained during the course of studies to account for and solve a problem, thereby completing a research task related to the discipline of culture and religion studies (K_U03);
• analyse linguistic, literary and cultural phenomena and draw generalizations on their basis in the context of societal, historical and economic factors on an advanced level (K_U04);
• discern alternative methodological paradigms within a discipline (K_U05);
• find information in various sources and critically assess its usefulness for research related to the topic of the MA project (K_U06).
In terms of social competences, the students will:
• apply knowledge and skills obtained during the course of studies to undertake lifelong learning, as well as personal and professional development (K_K03);
• take responsibility for performing one’s professional duties, with due respect for the work of others, obey and develop the ethical norms in professional and academic settings related to the disciplines included on the curriculum of English studies (K_K03);
• assess critically one’s own knowledge and skills related to the studies (K_K04);
• value cultural heritage and cultural diversity as well as individual opinions (K_K06).
Assessment criteria
In-class group and individual presentations, attendance, participation, and formal research essay (or report)
Essay/report marking criteria:
● formatting: clear structure, professional presentation
● analysis: critical engagement with the issue discussed
● knowledge: good knowledge of British politics/literature/arts/media and use of appropriate sources for evidence
● written expression and referencing, clear and cohesive writing and appropriate academic standard of referencing
Presentation marking criteria:
● clear structure, professional presentation
● critical engagement with the issue(s) discussed
● good knowledge of British politics/literature/arts/media and use of appropriate sources for evidence
• presence on all classes mandatory (20% absences in classes allowed (2 per semester))
• C1 language education
• A re-take in an oral format during office hours.
Bibliography
van Dijck, J. 2013. The Culture of Connectivity. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Fuchs, C. 2021. Digital Capitalism Media, Communication and Society. London: Francis and Taylor.
Haraway, D. “A Cyborg Manifesto: Science, Technology, and Socialist-Feminism in the Late Twentieth Century." Contemporary Literary Criticism: Literary and Cultural Studies. Eds. R. Davis and Ronald Schleifer. New York: Longman, 1989: 696-7
Jenkins, H. 2006. Convergence Culture. Where Old and New Media Collide. New York and London: New York University Press.
Kress, G. 2010. Multimodality. A Social Semiotic Approach to Contemporary Communication. London and New York: Routledge.
O’Reilly, T. What is Web 2.0”. Available at: “https://www.oreilly.com/pub/a/web2/archive/what-is-web-20.htm. Accessed: 10 March 2023.
Page, R. 2013. Stories and Social Media: Identities and Interaction. London and New York: Routledge.
Rosen, J. 2012. “The People Formerly Known as the Audience” in: The Social Media Reader. Ed. M. Mandiberg. New York: New York University Press: 13-16.
Shifman, L. 2014. Memes in Digital Culture. Cambridge, MA, and London: MIT Press.
White, A. 2014. Digital Media and Society. Houndsmills: Palgrave.
Williams, R. 1960. Culture and Society 1780-1950. New York: Anchor Books.
Additional information
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