Basic Studies in Communication

The basic studies of communication introduce the students to mass communication and organizational communication as social, cultural and historical phenomena. The module consists of three parts. The first and second parts aim at giving the students a general knowledge of the main concepts and theories of communication. The aim of the third part is to give a general picture of institutions of communication, media policies and media law. The module gives the basic tools to understand and analyze the social control of communication.

The studies are mainly the same for both major and minor degree students.

When the student has completed all of the individual units in this study module, s/he must get the module graded and registered as “basic studies in communication” in the department.