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2013/2014  KAN-DICO  Digital Communication Strategies

English Title
Digital Communication Strategies

Course information
Language English
Exam ECTS 15 ECTS
Type Mandatory
Level Full Degree Master
Duration One Semester
Course period Autumn
Time Table Please see course schedule at e-Campus
Study board
Study Board for BSc/MSc in Business Administration and Organizational Communication, MSc
Course coordinator
  • Annemette Kjærgaard - Department of Intercultural Communication and Management (ICM)
  • Elena Raviola - Department of Organization (IOA)
  • Mikkel Flyverbom - Department of Intercultural Communication and Management (ICM)
Main academic disciplines
  • Communication
  • Management of Information and Knowledge Management
Last updated on 27-08-2013
Learning objectives
At the end of this course, students should be able to:
  • • Identify central features of digital media contexts, including regulatory, societal and technological developments
  • • Discuss and compare the characters, potentials and challenges of different media technologies and digital environments
  • • Develop and plan digital communication strategies based on theoretical and analytical insights
  • • Analyze and reflect critically about digital communication strategies using theories and models from the course curriculum
  • • Explain and discuss how digital settings and technologies allow for new forms of knowledge production, circulation and reception
Examination
Digital Communication Strategies:
Examination form Oral exam based on written product

In order to participate in the oral exam, the written product must be handed in before the oral exam; by the set deadline. The grade is based on an overall assessment of the written product and the individual oral performance.
Individual or group exam Group exam, max. 4 students in the group
Size of written product Max. 10 pages
Assignment type Written assignment
Duration
Written product to be submitted on specified date and time.
15 min. per student, including examiners' discussion of grade, and informing plus explaining the grade
Grading scale 7-step scale
Examiner(s) Internal examiner and external examiner
Exam period Spring Term
Make-up exam/re-exam
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
Re-take due to illness: A student, who has attended the work of a previous handed in assignment, but is ill at the ordinary oral exam, will attend the re-take with the ordinary assignment. A student, who has not participated in the work of a previous handed in assignment, must hand in a new assignment before the oral exam. The date of the hand in is set by the Study Secretariat.

If the student did not pass the ordinary exam, he/she must make a new assignment and hand it in on a new deadline, specified by the secretariat, before the re-take.
Course content and structure
This course offers students the advanced theoretical and practical skills needed to develop and reflect critically on communication strategies in digital media settings. The first part of the course focuses on the contexts, affordances and formations that we associate with the digital age, including societal, economic, regulatory and political transformations, institutional developments and technological innovations. On this backdrop, the second part of the course looks very closely at the most significant digital platforms and technologies available, and reflects on the practical, strategic and theoretical opportunities and challenges they create for communication professionals. Finally, the last part of the course reflects on more overarching questions about the production, circulation and reception of knowledge in digital settings.
Teaching methods
The course combines lectures based on the course curriculum with intensive workshops. The workshops combine discussions, student presentations, case studies and presentations by communication professionals working in relevant fields.
Student workload
Lectures 22 hours
workshops 20 hours
Preparation/exam 370 hours
Last updated on 27-08-2013