Lehrende/r: Dr. Elisabeth Sommerlad
Veranstaltungsart: Kurs
Anzeige im Stundenplan: Media Geography
Credits: 3,5
Unterrichtssprache: Englisch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: - | 4
Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches: Blockseminar Teilnahmevoraussetzungen Basic knowledge on media theory would be helpful Anforderungen - Presentation on a topic within the field of media geography - Preparation and editing on a blog page on a topic within the field of media geography (summer project, july-october, regular bloggin required)
Inhalt: In the first part of the module, theoretical fundamentals of media geography are taught in a Seminar. Students deal with established specialist articles on films, television, radio, audio drama and photography from a geographical perspective. The articles are presented and discussed in the group. Reference to everyday life of media geographical theories and their globally networked effectiveness is of particular importance. In project work in the second part of the module, students create a blog on a selected opic. The contents (e.g. articles, videos, audio content, photographs, animations, comments in small groups) are created individually or in small groups. By dealing with audiovisual reference material of the everyday media world, which is freely selectable across courses, the multimedia contents of the blog are summarised, linked and professionalised by way of research, empirical recordings and media analysis. Lernziele Students acquire the relevant theoretical fundamentals of media geography and the skills enabling them to critically deal with a globalised and media-charged day-to-day-world in a problem-orientated manner, particularly with a view to the effects of a globalised and media-dependent world through the reception of different media (e.g. internet, print, film, radio). Students develop active technical and aesthetic competencies in dealing with and applying different media (audiovisual, dramaturgical, creative). Students autonomously produce a blog and acquire skills enabling them to ponder it in a critical manner.
Zusätzliche Informationen: Lehrende Elisabeth Sommerlad studied Geography, Communication Studies and Sociology in Mainz and graduated in 2012 with a diploma thesis on "Marrakech in feature film". From March to September 2013 she was a research assistant to the Team Cultural Geography at the Institute of Geography of JGU. From October 2013 to September 2015 she held a scholarship of the Stipendienstiftung Rheinland-Pfalz (doctoral scholarship). Since October 2015 she is working as a research assistant at the Department of Geography of JGU (Team Human Geography). In September 2019 she completed her doctorate (summa cum laude) with a dissertation on the cinematic staging of intercultural encounters with a focus on US-American feature films set in New York City.
