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History of Culture and Communication in Latvia
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:8.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:26:22
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | KSK_143 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Communication Sciences; Communication Theory | Target Audience: | Communication Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Līga Ozoliņa | ||||||||
| 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) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 20 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Secondary school level knowledge of Latvian history. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To analyse Latvian cultural space and politics together with the students. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Preconditions for independet media system in Latvian cultural and communication's space: from written language and Reformation to nation state. Introduction. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 2 | Media space in Latvia in the 19th century: from Baltic-German newspapers through Neo-Latvians to New Current. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 0.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 3 | National, social and liberal ideas in the Latvian cultural space. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | Mass media system during the first independence of Latvia (1918-1940). | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Mass media during the Soviet and German occupation of Latvia I. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Mass media during the Soviet and German occupation of Latvia II. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Restoration of democracy and independence - the Golden Age of Latvian press. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | To write a critical essay on cultural processes in Latvia. 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: | Analytical skills – ability to analyse Latvian cultural policy planning documents (for example, concept, development plan). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | After completing the course, the student will be able to apply the knowledge of Latvian cultural history. | ||||||||
| Skills: | After successfully completing the course, the student will be able to independently analyze cultural processes. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | After completing the course, the student will be competent to participate in the dialogue about Latvian cultural space. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Dimants, A. (2022). Latvijas prese 200 gados: No Latviešu Avīzēm līdz digitālo mediju laikmetam : Latvijas plašsaziņas mediju sistēmas vēsture no pirmsākumiem līdz mūsdienām. Rīga : Latvijas Mediji. - 367.lpp. | ||||||||
| 2 | Dreifelds, Juris. (2013) Latvijas preses un citu plašsaziņas līdzekļu attīstība 19.–21. gadsimtā. Stradiņš, Jānis; Jundzis, Tālavs; Zemītis, Guntis (red.) Latvieši un Latvija: Akadēmiskie raksti, III: Atjaunotā Latvijas valsts. Rīga : Latvijas Zinātņu akadēmija, 179–213. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Kasekamp, Andres. (2010) A History of the Baltic States. Palgrave Macmillan. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Latvijas mediju arheoloģija. "Satori" 6 raidierakstu sērija par Latvijas mediju vides personībām, aplūkojot brīvās preses atdzimšanu un nostiprināšanos Latvijā no astoņdesmito gadu beigām līdz mūsdienām. | ||||||||
