Publiku, Audienca dhe Përdoruesit e Mediave

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Valmora Gogo, PhD

Code
COM 563
Name
Public, Audiences and Media Consumators
Semester
3
Lecture hours
3.00
Seminar hours
0.00
Laborator hours
0.00
Credits
3.00
ECTS
6.00
Description

The focus of the course will be on issues related to audiences. What are audiences, why are we usually talking about their heterogeneous character, what forces us to talk about different audiences, about the public, what characterizes them and the role of functional and demographic analysis to penetrate these types of features. What will be emphasized and explained during the course is closely related to technological changes and the emergence of new media, a development that has been followed by a change in the position of the audience; the concepts “user generation content”, “audience segmentation”, “media literacy” and the current situation in Albania.

Objectives

Knowing and using the media to influence the audience but also the way the media measures their audiences. Students will better understand the role that the media has in their daily lives and how the audience can be "manipulated". But at the same time they will be introduced to new ways of using conventional media channels and new media to give and receive information, entertainment, etc.

Java
Tema
1
Conventional Media and Audiences in Convergence What are audiences? What about the public? Where do they differ from the Crowds? What separates conventional media from new ones and how convergence affects. How do audiences get the information? How do they understand it? Do audiences interact? What are the new concepts of journalism, coming as a result of the development of technology? Do audiences generate content? Dennis McQuail “Mass Communication Theory”, Fq.331-347
2
New Media and Lines of Communication What separates conventional media from new ones and how convergence affects. The lecture will analyze the channels of communication and how the new media affect the effectiveness of message delivery as well as keeping interactivity alive. Eugenia Siapera, “Understanding new media”, 2018 Fq.1-23
3
Public Opinion and Audiences What connects public opinion with audiences? What divides public and audiences? Addressing some of the key theories on the public sphere and the public interest. Walter Lippman, “Public Opinion”, 1921 Habermas, Jurgen, “The structural transformation of the public sphere”, 1991, f.170-200
4
Audience Measurement and Practice Limitations.Research How are audiences measured? How the tools for their measurement and analysis have been developed. Big Data Management (BIG Data) and a more in-depth look at how their measurement companies operate. The lecture will also address the history of the first ways of measuring them. McQuail, Denis, “Audience Analysis”, f.25-42
5
Audiences Interactivity. Audience-journalist relationship. Audience engagement and how to understand its behavior. How to analyze the process of audiences interactivity? What typology do they have? Is there a need for journalists anymore or has citizen journalism extinguished the need for them? Jacob Nelson, “Imagined Audiences- How journalists Perceive and Pursue the Public”, fq.1-219
6
Audiences Demographic Analysis- What do we mean by demographic analysis of audiences? What are the categories for which we need to gather information but above all why the demographic data on the audiences help us in recognizing them and in adapting our messages based on this knowledge. Paul Lazarfeld dhe Elihu Katz, “Personal Influence”, 2009, fq.1-30
7
Functional Audiences Analysis - Who can influence them? - What do we mean by functional audiences analysis? What are the categories for which we need to gather information but above all why this data on the audience helps us to recognize them and to adapt our messages based on this knowledge. Paul Lazarfeld dhe Elihu Katz, “Personal Influence”, 2009, fq.30-50
8
Midterm Exam
9
Politics, Media and Audiences What is the connection between politics and the media? What is the news and the lessons we learn from it knowing also how it is produced. The lecture will also address the effects on public opinion. Dennis McQuail “Mass Communication Theory”, Fq.419-444
10
Brand Role and Audiences. Research The lecture will explain the roles that advertising, public relations and marketing communications play in the media system. At the same time, the types of companies involved in these activities will be described and the process of creating advertisements and materials for public relations will be analyzed. What is a brand? Joseph Turow, “Media Today: Mass Communication in a Converging World” 2017, fq.120-165
11
Global Audiences Learning different approaches to globalization and technologies and new media. Understand the relationship between globalization and the network society. Understand the relationship between capitalism and technology. Eugenia Siapera, “Understanding new media”, 2018, fq.23-39
12
The relationships between Audiences, Media and Politics, as an expression of exchange in democracy- What do we need from "journalism of the future" in order to keep a close eye on politics? When does politics "stifle" journalism? Media financing models and self-regulation. Bill Kovach, Tom Rosenstiel, "Blur: How to Know What's True in the Age of Information Overload", 2010, fq.121-205
13
Truth in Terms of Information Overload. Information Disorders.Research- How do you know what to believe? The path to gaining knowledge based on suspicions and verifications. Sources and facts in terms of information disorders. “Disinformation and Manipulation in Digital Media: Information Pathologies”, Eileen Culloty, Jane Suiter. Fq.1-100
14
Audiences and their role in Albanian society How are audiences developed in the Albanian environment? What difficulties do they face in finding efficient channels as well as in the use of technology by members of the audience? What is the level of media literacy of Albanian audiences? Are they part of the global network? Leksion dhe analizë materialesh mediatike
15
Project Presentation
16
Final Exam
1
Students evaluate theoretical approaches to the concept of interactive audiences and assess differences in audience relationships with new media.
2
Students advance their knowledge about social research methods with a focus on communication’s effects.
3
Students compare different media systems and apply critical analysis to the differences between these systems and their social impact.
Quantity Percentage Total percent
Midterms
1 30% 30%
Quizzes
0 0% 0%
Projects
1 20% 20%
Term projects
0 0% 0%
Laboratories
0 0% 0%
Class participation
1 10% 10%
Total term evaluation percent
60%
Final exam percent
40%
Total percent
100%
Quantity Duration (hours) Total (hours)
Course duration (including exam weeks)
16 3 48
Off class study hours
14 5 70
Duties
1 10 10
Midterms
1 10 10
Final exam
1 10 10
Other
0 0 0
Total workLoad
148
Total workload / 25 (hours)
5.92
ECTS
6.00