[ecrea] Global Visual Communication: Graduate Program, deadline May 1st

> Dear colleagues,
>
> please be informed about this new graduate 
> program in Global Visual Communication; the 
> deadline for applications is May 1st.
>
> The Master?s Program (2 years) in Global Visual 
> Communication at Jacobs University is designed 
> for an international student body and a faculty 
> strongly committed to transdisciplinary studies. 
> Research cooperations have been established with 
> universities in Brazil, China, Europe, Japan, 
> India, and the United States. Excellent 
> multimedia facilities are available in the 
> Behavioral and Social Sciences Laboratory.
>
> This Master?s program provides students with the 
> competencies necessary to understand both the 
> complex structures of contemporary media and 
> communication systems, and the fundamental 
> changes that they are currently undergoing.
>
> Mass and network communication is less confined 
> to national borders than ever before. 
> Technological changes such as the proliferation 
> of the Internet and mobile devices have 
> facilitated global flows of information and 
> entertainment visually and verbally. There 
> emerged a tendency towards the domination of 
> visual information in international, 
> transnational and global communication. From 
> Internet websites to advertising, from art to 
> photography and film industry, mass and network 
> communication employ visuals that provide wider 
> international reach and exercise deeper 
> emotional appeal. People of all generations are 
> becoming active producers and consumers of 
> visual culture. Due to the expansion of digital 
> technology and the shifts in social interaction, 
> expertise in visual communication and design 
> becomes essential for meeting the global 
> challenges of education and communication.
>
> The Master?s Program in Global Visual 
> Communication is based on a transdisciplinary 
> curriculum that provides students with advance 
> knowledge in the field of communication studies related to the following areas:
>
> · Transnational and global communication;
> · New media and the decline of traditional media institutions;
> · The role of visuals in today?s mass and network communication;
> · Visual communication and identity formation;
> · Internet-based media and democracy;
> · Global network studies.
>
> Addressing the recent trends in international, 
> transnational and global mass and network 
> communication from different theoretical, 
> methodological and empirical perspectives, the 
> first module M221 provides students both with 
> comparative methodological tools and a visually 
> comparative perspective; the second module M222 
> focuses on visual media and their role in 
> international, transnational and global 
> communication, while the third module M223 
> scrutinizes the very current and complex 
> phenomena of transnational and global 
> communication patterns (for more information see Courses).
>
> Students will be involved in research projects 
> at the Jacobs University Research Initiative for 
> Visual Communication and Expertise (VisComX).
>
> By the end of the Master?s Program in Global 
> Visual Communication, students are expected to 
> be able to systematically and independently 
> analyze the major trends in communication, 
> understand and explain global visual 
> communication phenomena, as well as develop 
> concepts that are fundamental in communication research.
>
> The Master?s Program in Global Visual 
> Communication provides an international forum 
> for the growing body of work in numerous 
> interrelated disciplines. Graduates who complete 
> the 2-year M.A. program will be in an excellent 
> position to seek careers in non-governmental 
> organizations, public administration, 
> international organizations, private and public 
> media as well as private businesses with a 
> strategic planning and public relations component.
>
> <http://www.jacobs-university.de/schools/shss/programs/graduate/ic/program/index.php>http://www.jacobs-university.de/schools/shss/programs/graduate/ic/program/index.php
>
> Kind regards,
> Peter
> --
> Dr. Peter Ludes, Ph.D. (USA)
> Professor of Mass Communication
> Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH
> P.O. Box 750 561, 28725 Bremen, Germany
> Phone: +49-421-200 3476, Fax: +49-421-2003303
> <http://www.jacobs-university.de/directory/02762/>http://www.jacobs-university.de/directory/02762/
> http://www.jacobs-university.de/schools/shss/programs/graduate/ic/admission/
> <http://www.keyvisuals.org/>http://www.keyvisuals.org
> http://www.nachrichtenaufklaerung.de

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