SV-404 Communication, Mobility and Globalization
- ECTS Credits:
- 10
- Responsible department:
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Course Leader:
- Oddgeir Tveiten
- Lecture Semester:
- Autumn
- Teaching language:
- Norwegian.
- Duration:
- 1 term
The course is connected to the following study programs
- Master's Programme in Global Development and Planning
- Master's Programme in Social Communication
Teaching language
Norwegian.Course contents
The course gives a problem based persective of the relationship between communication and social change, and terms like the network society, the information society and the communication society will be discussed. The central perspecitve will be assessment of how new medias and different relationships between geographical places creates changed premises for human activity. Important perspectives in the course are:
how new communication practices affects human welfare, cultural expressions and economic activities
how changes in technology and media creates new conditions for communication and activity
how new methods of production and economic acitivity are linked with communicative change
how changes in mobility creates new forms of organising space
how communication is rooted in local practices
Learning outcomes
After completion of the course students should
have knowledge about the central perspectives of globalisation and how globalisation is connected to communication and mobility
be able to analyse how increased communication and mobility across places, regions and nations can create different conditions for human activity
be able to assess how social change may lead to new premises for communicative practices
Examination requirements
Compulsory participation in group work
Teaching methods
A combination of lectures, seminars and group work. Estimated workload of 27 hours per ECTS.
Evaluation
The study programme manager, in consultation with the student representative, decides the method of evaluation and whether the courses will have a midterm- or end of term evaluation, see also the Quality System, section 4.1. Information about evaluation method for the course will be posted on Canvas.
Offered as Single Standing Module
Yes
Assessment methods and criteria
10-day individual home-exam graded A-F.
Reduction of Credits
This course’s contents overlap with the following courses. A reduction of credits will occur if one of these courses is taken in addition:
| Course | Reduction of Credits |
|---|---|
| SV-422 – Samfunnsvitenskapelige tenkemåter: Drivkrefter i samfunnsendring | 5 |