Магистратура
2021/2022
СМИ и религия в критической перспективе
Лучший по критерию «Полезность курса для расширения кругозора и разностороннего развития»
Статус:
Курс по выбору (Критические медиаисследования / Critical media studies)
Направление:
42.04.05. Медиакоммуникации
Кто читает:
Институт медиа
Где читается:
Факультет креативных индустрий
Когда читается:
2-й курс, 3 модуль
Формат изучения:
без онлайн-курса
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Преподаватели:
Хруль Виктор Михайлович
Прогр. обучения:
Критические медиаисследования
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
4
Контактные часы:
32
Course Syllabus
Abstract
This course is designed to introduce the complexity of religious life in general and importance of the correct covering of this very sensitive object. Essential part of the course is focused on particular issues of contemporary Russian society, secularization and de-secularization processes (Casanova, Taylor, Hoover), mass media role in discovering and neutralizing the tensions between religious groups and society. The critical perspective is focused both on religion and media as a social institutions in the theoretical frame of dialogue and consensus in the public sphere (Habermas).
Learning Objectives
- differentiate historical and theoretical aspects of the relations between religion and
- follow legal and ethical norms and principles of covering religious life in media
- obtain sufficient skills for oral presentations and class discussions
- to conduct a research in the field of "religion-media" relati
- to write an analytical essay on the contemporary religion situation in Russia
Expected Learning Outcomes
- differentiate historical and theoretical aspects of the relations between religion and media
- follow legal and ethical norms and principles of covering religious life in med
- obtain sufficient skills for oral presentations and class discussions
- to conduct a research in the field of "religion-media" relations (case-study, content-analysis, comparative study)
- to write an analytical essay on the contemporary religion situation in Russia
Course Contents
- Theoretical foundations for the study of media and religion
- Mediatization of religion: the concept and its operationalization
- Religion, faith, identity in Russian mass communication
- Legal aspects of coverage of religious life in Russian media
- Ethical aspects of interaction between media and religion
- Religious ethos and journalistic ethics
- Religious initiatives to regulate the Russian media
- Religious values in Russian media texts
- Structural-semantic and functional aspects of Russian media texts about religion
- Genre features of coverage of religious life in the Russian media
- Linguistic and functional specificity of Russian media texts on religious topics
- Dysfunctional manifestations in the coverage of religious life in the Russian media
- Media-religious communication crises and ways to overcome them
- Humor in media texts about religion as a conflict factor
- Formation and expression of religious identity on the Internet
- Religious topics in social networks
- Optimization of interaction between religion and media: teleological foundations and normative models
- Basic principles for constructing a normative model of interaction between religion and the media in the space of public dialogue
Assessment Elements
- Seminar activities, case discussionsStudents deliver individual short oral presentations (3-5 min) describing and justifying the religious event worthy to be discussed from the critical perspective
- Homework (research plan)Preliminary reasearch description (1-2 pages): the problem, subject, object, research questions, methods, expected outcome
- Final essayComplete paper with extended analyses of theoretical concept(s) and its relevance to the chosen case. The paper presents final results of the case study
Interim Assessment
- 2021/2022 3rd module0.4 * Final essay + 0.3 * Homework (research plan) + 0.3 * Seminar activities, case discussions
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Khroul, V. (2020). Digitalization of Religion in Russia: Adjusting Preaching to New Formats, Channels and Platforms. The Palgrave Handbook of Digital Russia Studies. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42855-6_11
- Stout, D. A. (2006). Encyclopedia of Religion, Communication, and Media. Taylor & Francis [CAM].
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Eldridge, J. (2003). Mediating Religion: Conversations in Media, Religion and Culture (Book). Studies in World Christianity, 9(1), 127–128. https://doi.org/10.3366/swc.2003.9.1.127
- Mediatization and Religion : Nordic Perspectives. (2012). Gothenburg : Nordicom, University of Gothenburg.