[ecrea] Summer School "Media Representations and Research Methods" at Maastricht University

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In August 2016, Maastricht University offers the third edition of the 
Summer School "Media Representations and Research Methods: Critical 
Discourse Analysis, Social Semiotics and Textual/Visual News Framing".

Course description
There is an ongoing debate in many countries on the quality of media 
coverage, for example of the immigrants/ refugees/ asylum seekers in the 
European Union. This underlines the continued importance of research 
into media representations and the ways in which different audiences 
interpret them. The “Media Representations and Research Methods” Summer 
School helps you better understand the textual and visual elements of 
the news. The opening lectures teach you how to structure your research 
and provide insights into the context of media representations. Then you 
learn how to analyse discourses, signs and frames in a step-by-step 
process. The lectures contain many eye-opening examples and offer ample 
room for discussion. You are encouraged to choose a theme and method for 
your coursework that are both relevant to your research interests. 
During the course, you write a paper in which you use a qualitative 
method to analyse a news article or photo and give two talks.

Learning Objectives
-Applying qualitative methods from critical discourse analysis, social 
semiotics and framing analysis to study the possible meanings of media 
texts and images
-Designing an analytical framework to study visual and textual 
representations in the media in line with your research objectives
-Understanding the role of the national and ideological context in which 
media operate in the production of news

Target audience
-Bachelor/Master students who need to analyse media representations for 
their course work or dissertation
-PhD students who want to operationalise concepts, theories and methods 
related to media representations and/or need support with their research 
methodology
-Professionals who need a deeper understanding of why and how media 
representations reflect and affect society

Recommendations from former students
-“Leonhardt provides personal feedback as well as extra reading 
materials catering to the individual needs of every student.” — Renée, 
PhD student, Belgium
-“It is a rare thing to find someone as genuinely enthusiastic and 
passionate about teaching as Leonhardt.” — Carol, Master student, Germany
-“Unlike many other teachers, Leonhardt made sure that the curriculum 
matched the needs of each individual student by providing individual 
feedback and additional reading material.” — Nicole, Master student, The 
Netherlands

More information about the course is available: here 
http://www.geomeans.com/media-representations-and-multimodality-semiotic-modes-text-image-relations-and-multimodal-news-frames-summer-school/ 
To apply, please go to: http://solbasic.nl/solum/ Please contact Course 
Leader Leonhardt van Efferink ( (l.vanefferink /at/ maastrichtuniversity.nl) ) 
if you would like to discuss how the course could help you achieve your 
research objectives.


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