Department of Communication

Courses in English, Autumn Term 2005

Advanced Level Studies

Identity, Ethnicity and Media. A Theoretical Perspective,, 5 study points, Course Code: 770059
The course is organized in cooperation with Swedish School of Social Sciences

Dates : 28.11.-2.12.2005
Days/Times : Mon-Fri 10-13 and 14.30-17.00
Location : Swedish School of Social Science (check the noticeboard for room number)
Lecturer : Professor Charles Husband ( University of Bradford )

! This course can be registered for degree students under the study unit 9 g, Intercultural Communication or as study unit 14.

Course Description: This course is intended for master and post-graduate students. The course will provide an interdisciplinary exploration of the interface of identity, ethnicity, and the media.

Starting from an exploration of contemporary conceptions of ethnicity, the discussion will move to open up the relationships between the state framing of multicultural policies and the construction of the media environment for majority and minority populations. This will include an examination of the (mis)fit between the politics of identity operating in a specific state and the political economy of media production. Issues addressed in the context of the course will include:

• The definition of ethnicity
• Hybrid and diasproric identities
• The media and representation of ethnic identities
• Professional identities and media production
• The multi-ethnic public sphere
• Differentiated citizenship and the management of diversity
• Identities, 'community' and the political economy of media
• Media and the Extreme Right
• Case studies

Course participants will be expected to contribute through individual and group work to the course content.

Prior registration required!

Prior registration is required for other students than regular students of the Department of Communication and the Swedish School of Social Science. Also for these students prior registration is strongly recommended. Registration will close on 8 November. Prior registration includes submitting a one page synopsis of their current research/study. Prior registration can be done in the study office at the Swedish School of Social Science or by sending an e-mail to inquiries@sockom.helsinki.fi. Please include your name, student number, e-mail address, phone number, major subject, number of ECTS credits you have made in Communication/Media-related studies, name of your home University and the one page synopsis.

Course literature:

The course text is:
J.Downing and C.Husband (forthcoming) Representing 'Race'; London Sage

Supplementary reading:
Brown, D. R. (2005) Ethnic Minorities, Electronic Media, and the Public Sphere
Castles, S (2000) Ethnicity and Globalization
Cottle, S.(2000) Ethnic Minorities and the Media Buckingham,Open University Press
Cunningham, S and Sinclair, J (eds.) (2001): Floating Lives: The Media and Asian Diasporas
Eriksen, T.H.(2005) Small Places, Large Issues
Haarvisto, C (2005: Racism and Ethnicity in Two Swedish Language Newspapers
http://sockom.helsinki.fi/fiss/english/monitoring.pdf
Keane, J (2003): Global Civil Society
Kymlicka, W (1995): Multicultural Citizenship
Malik, S (2002): Black Britain: Black and Asian Images on Television
Molnar, H and Meadows M. (2001): Songlines to Satellites
Raittila, P. (2002): Etnisyys ja rasismi journalismissa
Riegert, K. (2004): News of the Other. Tracing Identity in Scandinavian Constructions of the Eastern Baltic Sea Region
Sandlund, T. (2000): Racism och Etnicitet: den finlandssvenska tidningspressen

Examination: Course participants will be examined on the basis of lecture participation and by an essay.