Intercultural CommunicationLaajuus (3 cr)
Course unit code: HM10060
General information
- Credits
- 3 cr
- Teaching language
- English
- Responsible person
- Martha Balerina, Vastuuopettaja
Objective
The student understands the basic concepts related with culture, ethnicity, multiculturalism and other intercultural issues. The student learns to recognise and assess different cultural representations and their meanings for people involved, and learns to analyse culturally motivated behaviour. The student understands the importance of gender in culture and ethnicity. The student learns to articulate cultural topics in different modes of media discourse.
Content
- Media and culture
- Intercultural communication in media history
- Basic concepts of culture
- Ethnicity and multiculturalism in media discourse
- Cultural identity, cultural adaptation and cultural shock in media discourse
Further information
Learning to learn, Ethics.