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Introduction to Communication Theories
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:25:49
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | KSK_098 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 3.00 | ECTS: | 4.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Communication Sciences | Target Audience: | Communication Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Ilva Skulte | ||||||||
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| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
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| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 5 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 10 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 3 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 6 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
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| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction. What is communictaion. Models of Communication. Signs and symbols | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Basics of semiotics | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Communication, society and language. Levels of communication. Theories of interpersonal, group, mass communication | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Analysis of communication situation | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Interpersonal and group communication theories | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Mass communication theories and mass culture | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Organizational communication theories. Intercultural communication theories | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Theoretical approaches to the network communication | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Mass communication theories | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction. What is communictaion. Models of Communication. Signs and symbols | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Basics of semiotics | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Communication, society and language. Levels of communication. Theories of interpersonal, group, mass communication | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Analysis of communication situation | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Interpersonal and group communication theories | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Mass communication theories and mass culture | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Organizational communication theories. Intercultural communication theories | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
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| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
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| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Agejevs, V. Semiotika. – Rīga: Jumava, 2005. | ||||||||
| 2 | Apsalons, E. Komunikācijas kompetence. Kā saprasties un veidot attiecības. – Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC, 2013. | ||||||||
| 3 | Beks, K. Mediju un komunikācijas zinātne. Rīga. Turība, 2021 | ||||||||
| 4 | Fiske, J. Introduction to Communication Studies. 2nd. ed. – London: Routledge, 1990. | ||||||||
| 5 | Krolkke, Ch., Srensen, A.S. Gender Communication. Theories and Analyses. From Silence to Performance. = Thousand Oaks, London: Sage Publ., 2006. | ||||||||
| 6 | Mattelart, A., Mattelart, M. Theories of Communication. A Short Introduction. – London; Sage, 1998. | ||||||||
| 7 | Berger, Ch.R. Interpersonal Communication: Theoretical Perspectives, Future Prospects.// Journal of Communication. September, 2005., pp. 415. - 436. | ||||||||
| 8 | Stohl, C. Globalizing organizational Communication. //The Handbook of Organizational Communication. – London, Sage, 2001., pp. 327 - 356. | ||||||||
| 9 | Tompkins, Ph., K. Organizational Communication. Prelude and Prospects. //The Handbook of Organizational Communication. – London, Sage, 2001., pp. xvii- xxix. | ||||||||
| 10 | Wilson, D, Sperber, D, An outline of relevance theory.// Communication Theories; critical concepts in media and cultural studies. – London: Routledge, 2006, Vol. 2., pp. 180 .- 195. | ||||||||
| 11 | Van Ruler, B. Communication theory: An underrated pillar on which strategic communication rests. In Future Directions of Strategic Communication (pp. 39-53). Routledge, 2020. | ||||||||
| 12 | Griffin, E., Ledbetter, A., & Sparks, G. A first look at communication theory. 2019, (10th ed.). | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Bourdieu, P. Authorized Language. The Social Conditions for the Effectiveness of Ritual Discourse.// Communication Theories; critical concepts in media and cultural studies. – London: Routledge, 2006, Vol. 2., pp. 225. – 233. | ||||||||
| 2 | Habermas, J. Toward a Critique of the theory of Meaning. // Communication Theories; critical concepts in media and cultural studies. – London: Routledge, 2006, Vol. 2., pp. 201. – 222. | ||||||||
