Introduction to Communication Studies (OPEN UNI)

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to explain communication from several points of view. Students will be able to interpret communication from the viewpoints of information transmission, community creation, and meaning construction. Students will be able to explain the ways in which people are influenced by communication and in which various messages are received. Students will be able to outline the historical development of the media as well as various approaches and schools of communication research. Students will be able to recognise, analyse, and evaluate various communication methods used e.g. in advertisements and journalistic representations. They will be able to apply communication research to new communicational situations and plan their own communication activities on the basis of the learnt principles.

Course is implemented as contact or online teaching. Lectures 18 h / independent study 117 h

Lecture and book exam

Read about assessment criteria at the University of Oulu webpage: https://www.oulu.fi/en/students/studying-university/assessment-criteria

Language of instruction Finnish