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History of Communication
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:8.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:25:17
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | KSK_131 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Communication Sciences; Communication Theory | Target Audience: | Communication Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Ivans Jānis Mihailovs | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 7 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 14 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 5 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 10 | ||||
| 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 | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Not required. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To give an insight into the history of communication as a process, paying special attention to historical development of Latvian communication. The course reviews the emergence and development of different types of communication, characterises historical aspects of functioning of Latvian media, provides an overview of preconditions for the establishment of the Latvian media system, sketches media development prospects at the beginning of the 21st century. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Concept, subject and study of the history of communication. Types of communication and their history. Role of technologies in the development of types of communication. Interaction with policy and economy. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Communication in the pre-mass age. Oral communication and acoustic space. Forum. Introduction of a writing system. Invention of printing. Gutenberg Galaxy. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Mass communication: concept, origins and development. Role of mass communication in establishment of a nation. Communication and entertainment. New media and traditional media. Concept and peculiarities. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Telegraph, telephone, telefax, television. Telecommunication – technologies, theories and development trends. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Latvian journalism until 1914. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Press of the Republic of Latvia in 1918 – 1940. LETA. Radio. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Latvian journalism during occupation in 1940 – 1990. Radio. TV. Censorship. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Latvian media after restoration of independence and at the beginning of the 21st century. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Concept, subject and study of the history of communication. Types of communication and their history. Role of technologies in the development of types of communication. Interaction with policy and economy. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Communication in the pre-mass age. Oral communication and acoustic space. Forum. Introduction of a writing system. Invention of printing. Gutenberg Galaxy. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Mass communication: concept, origins and development. Role of mass communication in establishment of a nation. Communication and entertainment. New media and traditional media. Concept and peculiarities. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Telegraph, telephone, telefax, television. Telecommunication – technologies, theories and development trends. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Latvian journalism until 1914. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Press of the Republic of Latvia in 1918 – 1940. LETA. Radio. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Latvian journalism during occupation in 1940 – 1990. Radio. TV. Censorship. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Latvian media after restoration of independence and at the beginning of the 21st century. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Report topics, when choosing it is necessary to specify: 1) History of the selected Latvian media. 2) Specifics, context of, personalities in development of the Latvian media system. 3) Development of some type of media (press, radio, television, telegraph, etc.) in the world in the defined time period. 4) Development prospects of some type of media. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | 30% – participation in seminars; 30% – report; 40% – examination. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | After successful completion of the course, the student will be able to analyze the regularities of communication development. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students work with literature on the history of communication, use approaches of the history of communication in their research. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Students are aware of the sequence of stages in the development of communication when analysing modern communication phenomena. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Braman S. Tehnology // The SAGE Handbook of Media Studies. (eds. Downing J., MacQuail D., Schlesinger, P., Wartella, E.). – London: SAGE, 2004. – pp.123 – 144. | ||||||||
| 2 | Foulger D. The Processes of Media Invention and Evolution. | ||||||||
| 3 | Kittler F. The History of Communication Media. | ||||||||
| 4 | Fang Irving. A History of Mass Communication Six Information Revolutions. – Focal Press, 1997. | ||||||||
| 5 | Manovičs Ļ. Jauno mediju valoda. – Rīga: RIXC, 2006. | ||||||||
| 6 | Hilmes M. Broadcasting, Cable and Satellites.// The SAGE Handbook of Media Studies.(eds. Downing J., MacQuail D., Schlesinger, P., Wartella, E.). – London: SAGE, 2004. – pp. 477. – 493. | ||||||||
| 7 | Latvijas Republikas prese 1918 – 1940 / R.Treija red. – Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC, 1996. | ||||||||
| 8 | Grigulis A., Treijs R. Latviešu žurnālistikas vēsture no pirmsākumiem līdz Pirmajam pasaules karam. – Rīga: Zvaigzne, 1992. | ||||||||
| 9 | Prese // Latvija 19.gadsimtā: vēstures apceres. – Rīga: Latvijas vēstures institūta apgāds, 2000. – 357. – 374.lpp. | ||||||||
| 10 | Prese // 20.gadsimta Latvijas vēsture I. Latvija no gadsimta sākuma līdz neatkarības pasludināšanai 1900 – 1918. – Rīga: Latvijas vēstures institūta apgāds, 2000. | ||||||||
| 11 | Towards a Civic Society. The Baltic Media’s Long Road to Freedom. Perspectives on History, Ethnicity and Journalism. – Tartu: Greif, 1993. – 163 – 174, 177 – 208, 211 – 220.pp. | ||||||||
| 12 | Brikše I. Latvijas mediji: izaicinājumi, ieguvumi un draudi (1987 – 2002) // Sociālekonomiskā procesa trajektorija Latvijā laikā no 1985. līdz 2002.gadam. Kur tā ved Latviju. – Ventspils: Ventspils augstskola, 2002. – 294. – 306.lpp. | ||||||||
| 13 | Dimants A. Latvijas masu mediju nākotne paplašinātajā Eiropā // Latvija Eiropā: nākotnes vīzijas. – Rīga: LZA Baltijas stratēģisko pētījumu centrs, 2004. – 295. – 311.lpp. | ||||||||
| 14 | Brikše I., Skudra O., Tjarve R. Development of the Media in Latvia in the 1990s // Baltic Media in Transition. – Tartu: Tartu University Press, 2002. – 67 – 75, 77 – 102pp. | ||||||||
| 15 | Dimants A. Latvijas prese 200 gados: no Latviešu Avīzēm līdz digitālo mediju laikmetam: Latvijas plašsaziņas mediju sistēmas vēsture no pirmsākumiem līdz mūsdienām. - Rīga: Latvijas mediji, 2022. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Veinberga S. Mediju misija. Preses attīstības tendences Latvijā pēc valsts neatkarības atjaunošanas (1990 – 2010). – Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC, 2010. – 5. – 125., 148. – 151., 208. – 221.lpp. | ||||||||
| 2 | Velšs, V. Estētikas robežceļi. – Rīga: Laikmetīgās mākslas centrs, 2005. – 258. – 287.lpp. | ||||||||
| 3 | Manowitch L. The Language of New Media. – Cambridge, London: MIT Press., 2001. – pp.161. – 169. | ||||||||
| 4 | Kruks S., Šulmane I. Plašsaziņas līdzekļi demokrātiskajā sabiedrībā // Cik demokrātiska ir Latvija: demokrātijas audits. – Rīga: LU, 2005. – 139. – 151.lpp. | ||||||||
| 5 | Hanovs D. Mazākumtautību preses loma starpetniskajā dialoga Latvijā // Izglītības, dialoga un līdzdalības loma sabiedrības integrācijas procesa veicināšanā 2. – Rīga: Politiskās izglītības iniciatīva, 2005. – 26. – 38.lpp. | ||||||||
| 6 | McLuhan, H. M. & Powers B. The Global Village. – New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. | ||||||||
