Henrik Rydenfelt
Lectures, University of Helsinki, autumn 2024.
Please note that all course instructions and materials will be made available on this page.
Completion
- Lectures 28 October – 9 December + readings. Lecture on 9 December lasts till 5 pm sharp.
- One-page idea papers. Deadline 5 December. Upload to Moodle. Language: English. Format: PDF. File name: surname. Please find the section for Idea papers and read the instructions.
- Mini-seminar on idea papers 9 December; everyone reads all the papers for discussion.
- Mini-article of 1500–2000 words. Fixed deadline 6 January. Upload to Moodle. Language: English, Finnish or Swedish.
Contents
Readings
- Reading for 4 November: van Dijck, J. (2013) The Culture of Connectivity: A Critical History of Social Media. Oxford University Press. Chapter 1: Engineering Sociality in a Culture of Connectivity. Available on Helka.
- Reading for 18 November: Jürgen Habermas (2006) ”Political Communication in Media Society: Does Democracy Still Enjoy an Epistemic Dimension? The Impact of Normative Theory on Empirical Research”. Communication Theory 16(4): 411-26.
Lecture slides