2023/2024
KAN-CKOMO2005U Communication in a Datafied World
| English Title |
| Communication in a Datafied
World |
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| Language |
English |
| Course ECTS |
15 ECTS |
| Type |
Mandatory (also offered as elective) |
| Level |
Full Degree Master |
| Duration |
One Semester |
| Start time of the course |
Spring |
| Timetable |
Course schedule will be posted at
calendar.cbs.dk |
| Study board |
Study Board for BSc/MSc in Business Administration and
Organizational Communication, MSc
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| Course
coordinator |
- Daniel Lundgaard - Department of Management, Society and
Communication (MSC)
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| Main academic
disciplines |
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| Teaching
methods |
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Last updated on
02-02-2024
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| Learning objectives |
- Identify central features of digital transformations, including
technological, societal and regulatory developments
- Discuss and compare the characters, potentials and challenges
of different technologies and digital environments for
communication practices and knowledge production
- Reflect critically about digital communication strategies using
theories and models from the course curriculum
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| Examination |
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Communication
in a Datafied World:
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| Exam
ECTS |
15 |
| 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, see also the rules about
examination forms in the programme regulations. |
| Individual or group exam |
Oral group exam based on written group
product |
| Number of people in the group |
2-4 |
| Size of written product |
Max. 10 pages |
| Assignment type |
Written assignment |
| Release of assignment |
Subject chosen by students themselves, see
guidelines if any |
| 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-point grading scale |
| Examiner(s) |
Internal examiner and second internal
examiner |
| Exam period |
Summer |
| 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 (the assignment must be handed in again by the
date of the hand in is set by the Study Secretariat). 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.
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Description of the exam
procedure
The exam can be taken individually or in groups of
2-4 students.
Students are graded individually. Students who decide to write
individually also attend the oral exam individually. The final
grade is based on an overall assessment of the written product and
the oral performance.
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| Course content, structure and pedagogical
approach |
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This course offers students the advanced theoretical and
analytical skills needed to develop and reflect critically on how
communication strategies and practices are shaped by digital
transformations. The first part of the course focuses on processes
of digitalization and datafication and how they shape the
field of strategic communication and instititutional and societal
contexts. On this backdrop, the course looks very closely at 1) the
development of social media platforms and 2) the emergence
'big data', and reflects on the practical, analytical
and strategic 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 communication and knowledge in digital
and datafied world.
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| Description of the teaching methods |
| The course combines lectures based on the course
curriculum with discussions, student presentations, case studies
and presentations by communication professionals working in
relevant fields. |
| Feedback during the teaching period |
| Feedback is an integrated part of the course,
both in lectures and in workshops. |
| Student workload |
| Lectures |
42 hours |
| Workshop |
18 hours |
| Preparation and exam |
352 hours |
| Total |
412 hours |
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Last updated on
02-02-2024
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