Universitat Internacional de Catalunya

Media Literacy

Media Literacy
3
14925
3
First semester
op
Main language of instruction: Catalan

Other languages of instruction: English, Spanish

Teaching staff


dpuertas@uic.es

Introduction

Media literacy is an optional subject of 3 ECTS that is taken in the 3rd or 4th year of the Degree in Journalism. Media and information literacy is developed from different areas for everyone so that people can think and act critically in an environment of information overload, and click consciously and wisely.

During the course, the various areas of application and intervention of media education will be studied, such as policy formulation, formal and non-formal education and training, information professionals and the media, affecting the most vulnerable sectors of the population or disadvantaged populations in this area.

Pre-course requirements

There are no prerequisites to take the subject.

Competences/Learning outcomes of the degree programme

  • 02 CG - The ability to learn and act an autonomously and responsibly
  • 03 CG - The ability to work in a group
  • 05 CG - The ability to develop an ethical attitude
  • 06 CG - The ability to read, analyze and synthesize
  • 07 CG - The ability to confront difficulties and resolve problems
  • 09 CG - The ability to innovate
  • 10 CG - Knowledge and mastery of bibliographic repertoires
  • 11 CG - Knowledge and mastery of different research resources
  • 12 CG - The ability to listen
  • 14 CE - The ability to plan technical and human resources
  • 16 CE - The ability to make judgments and well-argued critical assessments
  • 35 CE - Knowledge and mastery of the digital culture
  • 36 CE - Knowledge and mastery of the distinction between opinion and information / colloquial and cultured registers
  • 39 CE - Knowledge and mastery of multimedia messages
  • 48 CE - The ability of insight, ingenuity and creativity
  • 49 CE - The ability to assume risks
  • 51 CE - The ability to have foresight and move forward
  • 52 CE - The ability to adapt to changing circumstances
  • 54 CE - The ability to analyze and understand audiences

Syllabus

  1. MEDIA LITERACY: THE RELEVANCE OF MEDIA EDUCATION IN SOCIETY AND DEMOCRACY

    1.1. Conceptualization

    1.2. Civic Competence

  2. INFORMATIONAL OBSTACLES IN THE AGE OF DISINFORMATION

    2.1. Cognitive Biases

    2.2. Echo Chamber, Filter Bubble, and Polarization

    2.3. Fact-checkers

  3. TOOLKIT FOR IMPLEMENTING MEDIA LITERACY

    3.1. Press Councils in Europe

    3.2. The Role of Governmental Institutions

    3.3. Case Studies

  4. EDUCOMMUNICATION PROJECT

    4.1. Preliminary Research: Context, Audiences, and Languages

    4.2. Project Setup in Different Phases

    4.3. Implementation and Evaluation

Evaluation systems and criteria

In person



The evaluation of the subject will be done continuously and will be divided as follows:

 

1. Participation in classes (40% of the final grade of the subject). During the course, different debate, analysis, presentation and writing exercises will be proposed that will have to be followed regularly in order to work on the contents of the subject. Participation will have both personal and group development. Criteria such as attitude, teamwork, meeting deadlines or creativity will also be taken into account, as well as following the recommended readings in class.

2. Final project (60% of the final grade of the subject). Part of the classes will be devoted to preparing the final work, which will consist of the preparation of a media literacy project of interest to the students, with a theoretical foundation or practical application. There will be a group project (30%) and an individual project (30%).

In the second call, students who have passed the part of participation and monitoring of classes will only have to repeat the final work individually, opting only for a maximum grade of 6 (Aprobado) as the final grade.

In the third and subsequent calls, the subject must be repeated.

Bibliography and resources

Grizzle, A., Moore, P., Dezuanni, M., Asthana, S., Wilson, C., Banda, F., & Onumah, C. (2014). Media and information literacy: policy and strategy guidelines. Unesco.

Pérez-Tornero, J. M. (2020). La gran mediatización I. El tsunami que expropia nuestras vidas. Del confinamiento digital a la sociedad de la distancia. Editorial UOC.

Scolari, C. A. (2018). Adolescentes, medios de comunicación y culturas colaborativas. Aprovechando las competencias transmedia de los jóvenes en el aula.

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