Anthropology of Communication Practices (KF_022)
About Study Course
Objective
To improve students’ knowledge of the main directions of social anthropological research in the last decades on communication practices and media industry, theoretical perspectives and research methods used in research, on observed changes in media usage and communication methods, styles, amplitude in different regions of the world, different socio-economic, professional, ethnic, religious groups.
Prerequisites
Theories of Communication and Culture.
Learning outcomes
By completing the study course, the students will have gained knowledge of the main directions of social anthropological research in the last decades on communication practices and media industry, theoretical perspectives and research methods used in research, on observed changes in media usage and communication methods, styles, amplitude in different regions of the world, different socio-economic, professional, ethnic, religious groups. Knowledge will be assessed on the basis of how good is the student’s knowledge about the ethnography discussed in the lectures and with the basic concepts of communication anthropology.
By completing the study course, the students should be able to justify the advantages and disadvantages of a social anthropological approach to communication research, be able to critically evaluate the methodology of research conducted within such an approach and develop their reasoning about the dependence of communication practices on cultural, social, political, technological, etc., context.
Ability to use theoretical views and examples of argumentation presented in the texts studied during the course to form judgments about communication practices observed in their professional activities.
