Legal, Economic and Ethical Aspects of Public Communication 1.S3.EPC.EM.1
Course objectives:
to acquire the ability to identify specific social phenomena, communicative practices and conditioning factors
to develop in the ability to analyze communication in professional media environments in the information society
to understand the functioning of professionals and institutions within media world relative to students’ future professional engagements
to understand the functioning of social professional contexts as the contexts in which communication fulfills an essential role
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Course content
1. What is the public communication?
2. Mass communication process theories.
3. Political communication and public communication.
4. Media in public communication process.
5. The role of public relations theory and practice in the effectiveness of public communication.
6. The economy of communication.
7. The ethical aspects of public communication.
8. Polish and European law of public communication.
9. Public communication strategies of government, voivodeship and commune.
10. The role of NGO’s and social movements in public communication.
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Methods of instruction/ forms of classroom activity:
Lecture with a multimedia presentation
Discussion (pair-work, group-work),
Simulation games: role play, interview
Review of literature read out of class
Collaborative learning,
Case studies,
Effective questioning,
“minute papers” and reflection papers
ICT tools/e-learning option if needed
Kierunek studiów
Nakład pracy studenta
Poziom studiów
Profil kształcenia
Rodzaj przedmiotu
obowiązkowe
fakultatywne
Semestr, w którym realizowany jest przedmiot
Tryb prowadzenia
Wymagania
Koordynatorzy przedmiotu
W cyklu 2022/23-L: | W cyklu 2023/24-L: | W cyklu 2024/25-L: |
Efekty kształcenia
Learning outcomes acc to PRK 2019
Knowledge
Students:
1. have the basic knowledge of public communication genres and intercultural communication in institutions (m-W-1/P6S_WK)
2. have the basic knowledge of legal, economic and ethical aspects of public communication (m-W-2/P6S_WG)
Skills
Students :
3. have the ability to search for, analyze, select and use information utilizing various sources and methods (m-U-1/P6S_UO)
4. are able to use the English language in writing and speaking with relative fluency, accuracy and communication efficiency in a wide range of public sphere topics (m-U-2/P6S_UK)
Social competences
Students:
5. can specify the priorities for the implementation of their goals and tasks designated by others in media contexts; are able to discern and handle ethical problems and conflicts of interests in the contexts of professional life (m-K-1/P6S_KR)
6. shape their own views on the basis of the gained general and detailed knowledge in media contexts (m-K-2/P6S_KK)
Kryteria oceniania
Forms of evaluation of learning outcomes:
1. A written assignment/test - 25% of the final grade (outcome 1,2)
2. A report - 50% of the final grade (outcome 3,4,5,6)
3. Active class participation - 25% of the final grade (outcome 2,5,6)
Pass at 60% of the final grade
Literatura
Reading list:
A. obligatory reading (to get a credit):
A.1. used in class
Begg, D., Fischer, S., and Dornbusch, R. (2008). Economics (8th ed.). Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill.
Christians, Clifford G. (2012), Ethics for public communication: defining moments in media history, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press.
Maunder, P., Myers, D., and Wall, N. (2000). Economics Explained (3rd ed). New York: HarperCollins.
Platje, J. (2006). A short introduction to micro- and macroeconomics. Opole: Opole University Press.
A.2. used for self-study
Anderton, A. (2004). Economics (3rd ed.). Ormskirk: Causeway Press
Ellul Jacques (2005), Propaganda: the formation of men’s attitudes, New York: Vintage Books.
Lees-Marshment J. (2009), Political Marketing: principles and applications, London, New York: Routledge.
B. supplementary reading
Bannock, G., Baxter, R.E., Davis, E. (2003). Dictionary of Economics. London: Penguin.
Cowell, F (2006). Microeconomics: Principles and Analysis. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Nuttall, Ch. J., and Lobley, D. (2001) Success in Economics. London: John Murray.
Stiglitz, J., and Driffill, J. (2000). Economics. London: Norton.
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