Last modified: 31 Jul 2023 11:19
This course is about activism as communication. It studies how activists pursue their causes by persuading publics of their ideas. It studies how they bring these ideas and causes into being. In particular this course is about contemporary activism, which means activism in the digital age(s). It puts technologies of communication at the centre. It focuses on how media enable activisms to campaign in different ways. It studies these issues around the globe.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 30 credits (15 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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In this course, students consider how activists campaign by communicating. This involves exploring two sets of ideas which run through the course. The first is that activism is communicative. It involves meaning-making, dissent and persuasion. The second is about the affordances and use of media. Media enable activists to campaign in different ways, and these ways are in turn shaped by the communication ecology of which they are a part. This course takes an expansive view of media and considers the affordances of new (digital) media and old media like protests alike.
This course explores these ideas by examining in detail the different ways that activists use different media to:
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 30 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 29 | Feedback Weeks | 32 | |
| Feedback |
Short paragraph of written feedback. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Analyse | Analyse the affordances that different media offer to activists and how activists used these media to develop ideas, imagine collectives and mobilise. |
| Reflection | Evaluate | Reflect (evaluate) on how they and others have come to imagine themselves as part of collectivities and contributors to causes as potential or actual activists. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 30 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 32 | Feedback Weeks | 35 | |
| Feedback |
Short paragraph of written feedback. |
Word Count | 2000 | |
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Analyse | Analyse the affordances that different media offer to activists and how activists used these media to contest ideas. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 40 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 35 | Feedback Weeks | 38 | |
| Feedback |
Short paragraph of written feedback. |
Word Count | 3000 | |
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Analyse | Deconstruct and find coherence in (analyse) the different strategies of activism as communication. |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Evaluate how activists can best take advantage of the affordances of media. |
There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | ||
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
Deadline for resubmission would be on a case by case basis. Short paragraph of written feedback will be offered. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Evaluate | Evaluate how activists can best take advantage of the affordances of media. |
| Conceptual | Analyse | Deconstruct and find coherence in (analyse) the different strategies of activism as communication. |
| Conceptual | Analyse | Analyse the affordances that different media offer to activists and how activists used these media to develop ideas, imagine collectives and mobilise. |
| Reflection | Evaluate | Reflect (evaluate) on how they and others have come to imagine themselves as part of collectivities and contributors to causes as potential or actual activists. |
| Conceptual | Analyse | Analyse the affordances that different media offer to activists and how activists used these media to contest ideas. |
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