Film & Media Studies

The aim of this course is to enable students to understand the concept, development history, thematic content and technical connotations of world science fiction films, to improve their ability to interpret science fiction films and their aesthetic level through film viewing practice, and at the same time to reflect positively.

This course provides an interdisciplinary examination of online dating and hookup culture. Moving beyond a public health focus on sexually transmitted diseases, it explores the communicative, psychological, and sociocultural dimensions of online dating platforms. Topics include online relationship development, motivations for app use, platform design, gender politics, queer world-making, and sexual racism, with case studies drawn from diverse global contexts. The course develops the ability to critically evaluate the opportunities, challenges, and broader social implications of dating and hookup apps. Some required readings involve quantitative reasoning.

This course explores the intricate relationships between media, culture, and public discourse across global contexts. It delves into the concept of the public sphere as a foundational element of democratic societies, examining how media platforms and political actors shape public discourse and influence public opinion. Through a critical examination of both historical perspectives and contemporary challenges, students gain a comprehensive understanding of how global media operates within and impacts the public sphere.

This course examines how marketing campaigns are designed, conceptualized and executed digitally. Particular attention is given to techniques unique to digital technologies and the networked nature of social media platforms. Their applications to marketing strategy specifically to do with brand building, target audiences, public relations and communications are covered with an aim to equip students to understand the digital consumer journey.

Through a selection of Latin American and Spanish films, this course offers an introduction to film analysis.

This course explores the emergence and transformations of women’s cinema in Britain from the 1950s with a focus on the contemporary period. It examines the position of women directors within the film industry (mainstream productions and art films) as well as their appropriation of genre and history.

This course examines the socio-cultural and political impact of New Zealand films foregrounding Māori, both in front of and especially, behind the camera. It looks primarily at how Māori filmmakers have used cinema as a means to reassert cultural identity and tino rangatiratanga, from its activist beginnings during the Māori Cultural Renaissance in the 1980s, to the present.

This course examines the place and significance of sport in Australia as a form of social education. It looks at both historical and contemporary issues related to the growing tensions between sport’s traditional role as a form of moral education and the emergence of sport as a commercial commodity. It explores the changing definitions of sport and the purpose sport serves in contemporary society. This analysis of sport education and community sport is informed by an investigation of the growing role and responsibilities of the media in shaping sports. It will include topics such as elite sport versus sport for all, health and participation rates, social welfare, gender, violence, race and ethnicity. It will focus on current events in sport and how these issues impact on teaching and learning.

This theoretical course is dedicated to the relationships between the concepts of indigenismo, indianismo, colonialism, coloniality, and decoloniality in recent Latin American cinema. It studies decolonial cinematographic aesthetics and practices based on the work of Jorge Sanjinés and other filmmakers representative of these movements

During the lectures, the main theoretical concepts of Television Studies are discussed and historically contextualized, while simultaneously exploring their contemporary relevance. In the seminars, the emphasis is on conducting close readings of key theoretical texts and analyzing (post)television phenomena based on these readings. Students receive feedback on assignments aimed at enhancing theoretical and analytical knowledge, as well as refining their reading and academic writing skills. Students are expected to study the assigned literature and to make their assignments. Contributions to group work are expected through providing peer feedback on writing assignments by fellow students and actively participate in plenary discussions.