History of Communication - (Also listed under History)
Course code: 5370032
Analysis of the evolution of social-communication processes by written procedures from the earliest times to the present day, focusing particularly on the communication phenomena of mass society (nineteenth and twentieth centuries). Knowledge of other forms of communication and reception spaces and different contexts.
History of Social Communication - (Also listed under Media Studies)
Course code: 5390007
An overview of the historical evolution of social, written and audiovisual communication models, from their origins to the present day, particularly the links between communication and power throughout history, with a view to equipping students with analytical skills that will enable them to develop their critical capacity.
Communication and Information Theory - (Also listed under Media Studies)
Course code: 5390010
Study of the elements, processes and structures of communication, as well as the principal research methods and their historical evolution. Students will also critically analyse the production of news content across different media, based on the models and approaches provided by communication science. Knowledge of the main theoretical viewpoints for analysis of communication as a scientific discipline. Understanding of the context in which communication takes place and the factors involved at different levels of the communication phenomenon.
History of Audiovisual Communication: From Analogue to Digital - (Also listed under Media Studies)
Course code: 5390017
Study of the historical dimension of audiovisual media from the viewpoint of their manifestations in various regions of the world, as the technical aspects are covered by other course subjects. Provides key information on the historical evolution of the main audiovisual Communication media, from their respective origins until their convergence with the digitising of content, stressing technological democratisation as the decisive factor in creativity today. The content is developed in modules, each covering a full topic: film (Europe, United States, as well as “outliers” such as India and Iran), radio, television and the convergence of them all via the Internet.
History of Radiotelevision in Spain - (Also listed under Media Studies)
Course code: 5390029
Getting an overview of the historical development of both radio and television in Spain , through a diachronic study. Content will include technical, artistic and formal aspects of the media and their relation to different stages of the Spanish sociopolitical reality, from dictatorship to democracy through the transition. All the theoretical content will be seen from the critical analysis of radio and television formats that illustrate the history of broadcasting to this day. To understand the present and the future of communication in Spain it is necessary to understand its past.
New Audiovisual-Media Technologies - (Also listed under Media Studies)
Course code: 5390031
This course is also offered in English.
Multimedia and convergence in network communication. New digital languages. Online audiovisual distribution. Cyberculture and communication. Specific skills. Learning about online communication models and formats. Knowledge of strategies to analyse, research and develop online cultural practices. Development of skills for obtaining and distribution of audiovisual content over new digital channels.
Technology and Design of Written Information - (Also listed under Media Studies)
Course code: 5380008
Study of the processing of written information for printed or digital publication. Analysis of phenomena related to typography as a means of visual expression in the ambit of the mass media. Students will learn to use various computer applications (involved in the development of online journalism) and design tools for the creation and production of different journalism formats, beginning with rudimentary concepts. At the end of the year, the students prepare a digital-newspaper project.
Sociology and Communication - (Also listed under Sociology)
Course code: 5390020
This course is also offered in English.
Study of human life, its groups and its societies. Provides a critical, in-depth view of the various social phenomena, changes and processes that shape the reality in which we live, while helping students to explain and understand them. Knowledge of the basic concepts of sociological analysis, the principal social-research methods and techniques used in sociology and the relationship between society and the media.
Communication for Social Development - (Also listed under Sociology)
Course code: 5380045
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