Teaching and learning materials

Media and communication course (BA Level)

Handouts for the 'Media and Communication' lectures: Click here.

Reading list for Media and communication course

Obligatory literature:

Rek, Mateja (2019): Umetnost komuniciranja v kontekstu pozne moderne - The art of communication in the context of late modernity. Ljubljana: Vega Press – 1. and 2. chapter. Available at:
http://zalozbavega.com/index.php/umetnost-komuniciranja-v-kontektstu-pozne-moderne.html
Fiske, John (2005): Uvod v komunikacijske študije, FDV, Ljubljana, pp. 21 – 120.
Online resources on EUs’ policies and activities on media literacy.
Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/media-literacy
Online resources on EUs’ policies and activities on Tackling disinformation in the EU. Available at : https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/tackling-online-disinformation
Branston, Gill & Stafford, Roy (2010): The Media Students Book, Routledge. Selected chapters: 1,2,3,4. Available at: http://docshare04.docshare.tips/files/25607/256078626.pdf

Suggested literature:

Hodkinson, Paul (2016): Media, Culture and Society: An Introduction. SAGE Publications Ltd; Second edition.
Alan B. Albarran (2013): The Social Media Industries. Routledge
Potter, W. James (2015): Media Literacy, SAGE Publication
Wiesinger, S., & Beliveau, R. (2016). Digital literacy: a primer on media, identity, and the evolution of technology. Peter Lang.

Contemporary Media and Communication theory (MA Level)

Handouts for 'Contemporary Media and Communication theory' lectures.

Reading list for Contemporary Media and Communication theory

Obligatory literature:

Rek, Mateja (2019): Umetnost komuniciranja v kontekstu pozne moderne - The art of communication in the context of late modernity. Ljubljana: Vega Press – 1. and 2. chapter. Available at: http://zalozbavega.com/index.php/umetnost-komuniciranja-v-kontektstu-pozne-moderne.html
Laughey, Dan (2007) Key Themes in Media Theory. Open University Press. Available at: https://docplayer.net/53993785-Themes-in-media-theory-dan-laughey.html
Online resources on EUs’ policies and activities on media literacy. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/media-literacy
Online resources on EUs’ policies and activities on Tackling disinformation in the EU. Available at : https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/tackling-online-disinformation.

Suggested literature:

Schroeder, R. (2018). Towards a theory of digital media. Information, Communication & Society, 21(3), 323-339.
Di Gangi, P. M., & Wasko, M. M. (2016). Social media engagement theory: Exploring the influence of user engagement on social media usage. Journal of Organizational and End User Computing (JOEUC), 28(2), 53-73.
Psychogiopoulou, E. (Ed.). (2012). Understanding media policies: A European perspective. Palgrave Macmillan.
Frau-Meigs, D., O’Neill, B., Soriani, A., & Tomé, V. (2017). Digital citizenship education: Volume 1: Overview and new perspectives. Council of Europe.
Engelbrekt, A. B., Bremberg, N., Michalski, A., & Oxelheim, L. (Eds.). (2019). The European Union in a Changing World Order: Interdisciplinary European Studies. Springer.