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Communication and Cultural Theories (KF_017)
About Study Course
Department: Faculty of Social Sciences
ECTS:6
Course supervisor:Sergejs Kruks
Study type:Full time
Course level:Doctor
Target audience:Communication Science
Language:English, Latvian
Study course description Full description, Full time
Branch of science:Communication Theory; Media and communications
Objective
To deepen knowledge of students in cultural and communication theories; to create understanding about differences in liberal Anglo-Saxon and contextual continental intellectual traditions and their meaning in communication research; to contextualise the discourse of Latvian cultural and communication scientists.
Prerequisites
Classical and modern sociology theories, Philosophy.
Learning outcomes
Knowledge
1.About theoretical traditions, concepts and models of communication and culture.
Skills
1.To analyse communication and cultural phenomena in different theoretical paradigms.
Competence
1.To critically evaluate, compare, use and develop theoretical paradigms in academic publications and in the doctoral thesis.
