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About Study Course

ECTS:3
Course supervisor:Ilva Skulte
Study type:Full time
Course level:Master's
Target audience:Information and Communication Science
Language:English
Study course description Full description, Full time
Branch of science:Communication Theory; Media and communications

Objective

To provide theoretical knowledge and practical know-how in analysis of multimedia and multimodal communication with special attention to the role of visual communication in contemporary culture and the modal diversity in the process of learning as well as cognitive aspects in the variety of opportunities provided by multimedia in communication.

Prerequisites

Theories of communication and MIL.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

1.In-depth understanding of the role the media play in culture and specifics of the communication in each of the media.
In-depth knowledge of the modes of communication and the advantages and disadvantages of perception and sending of information in various channels of the multimodal communication environments.

Skills

1.Capacity to analyse visual and multimodal message and compose it according to specifics of communication situation.

Competence

1.The ability to apply the knowledge acquired about the nature of messages in different media and in multimedia in order to analyse and create messages in multimodal communication environments.