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Media and migration

Class at Faculty of Social Sciences |
JKM152

Syllabus

Topics:

1)    Introduction to the field of digital migration studies and overview of syllabus

2)    The ‘migration crisis’ in the news: the media representation of the 2015 events in Europe

3)    A city of our own: urban landscapes, media and migration

4)    Transnational intimacy: ‘doing family’ online

5)    Debate: The Merkel-selfie and challenging Facebook – student-led

6)    Diasporic community (re)production

7)    Datafication and surveillance

8)    Debate: We need that data – student-led

9)    Inclusive media literacy education for diverse societies

10) Special guest working in the field of migration

11) Researching migration and media: from visual analysis to (digital) ethnography

12) Recap and students’ presentation of final project ideas