[ecrea] Summer Schools on Media Representations Analysis (CDA/Framing/Social Semiotics/Text-Image Relations) at Maastricht University

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Maastricht University offers the fourth edition of the "Media 
Representations Analysis" Summer School in July/August 2017. The first 
module is called "Texts, Critical Discourse Analysis and News Framing" 
and the second "Images, Social Semiotics and Multimodality". Where the 
first one focuses on the analysis of texts, the second one continues 
with visual analysis and text-image relations. Both courses help you 
formulate your research questions, design your analytical framework and 
structure your research paper. Each course lasts one week, costs €600 
and can be done separately or jointly with the other. To apply for them, 
please go to: http://solbasic.nl/solum/. Please contact course leader 
Leonhardt van Efferink at (l.vanefferink /at/ maastrichtuniversity.nl) if you 
would like to discuss how these courses could help you achieve your 
research objectives. Below you find more information about each course.

Course Name: Media Representations Analysis 1: Texts, Critical Discourse 
Analysis and News Framing
Period: 31 July-4 August 2017
Description: The role of media before the American presidential 
elections and the question whether European media should speak of 
immigrants, refugees or asylum seekers underline the continued 
importance of language in media coverage. This course teaches you the 
skills necessary to study to study how media texts can be interpreted. 
How can particular sentences in such a text be interpreted, which issues 
are problematized, and do things that are not part of the text have 
relevance as well? What role do the national and ideological context 
play in the production of this text? And how can you develop a coherent 
analytical framework and a decent structure for your paper? In a step by 
process with daily presentations, you address these questions. You write 
a paper in which you use a qualitative method to analyse a written news 
article. Interactive lectures and roundtable discussions help you 
prepare for the different steps in the writing process.
Goals:
▪ Designing an analytical framework to study textual representations in 
the media, in line with your research objectives
▪ Applying qualitative methods from critical discourse analysis and 
framing analysis to study the possible meanings of media texts
▪ Understanding the role of the national and ideological context in 
which media operate in the production of news
Prerequisites:
▪ Strong motivation and good command of English are essential to get a 
pass for the course.
▪ Basic knowledge of textual analysis is recommended.
▪ Aimed at Bachelor/ Master/ PhD students in Media Studies/ Journalism/ 
Cultural Studies/ Linguistics/ Political Sciences/ International 
Relations/ Geography/ History.
Recommended literature:
▪ D’Angelo, P., Kuypers, J.A. (2010) Doing news framing analysis. 
Empirical and theoretical perspectives. Routledge.
▪ Entman, R.M. (2004) Projections of power. Framing news, public 
opinion, and U.S. foreign policy. The University of Chicago Press.
▪ Richardson, J. (2007) Analysing newspapers. An approach from critical 
discourse analysis. Palgrave.
More information: 
http://www.geomeans.com/media-representations-analysis-1-texts-critical-discourse-analysis-and-news-framing-summer-school/

Course Name: Media Representations Analysis 2: Images, Social Semiotics 
and Multimodality
Period: 7-11 August 2017
Description: Millions of daily posts by social media users, 
disinformation efforts by governments and the increased visualization in 
the traditional written press underline the continued importance of 
visual media analysis. This course teaches you the skills necessary to 
study how media images can be interpreted, and how their interaction 
with surrounding textual elements contribute to their meaning potential. 
What are the possible meanings of a photo in a newspaper article, a 
drawing on a magazine cover or a cartoon on social media? How can the 
juxtaposed texts affect the meaning potential of these images? And what 
does it take to develop a coherent analytical framework and a decent 
structure for your paper? In a step by process with daily presentations, 
you address these questions. You write a paper in which you use a 
qualitative method to analyse a media image or a representation with 
both visual and textual elements. Interactive lectures and roundtable 
discussions help you prepare for the different steps in the wiring process.
Goals:
▪ Designing an analytical framework to study (textual-)visual 
representations in the media, in line with your research objectives
▪ Applying qualitative methods from social semiotics to study the 
possible meanings of visual and multimodal media representations
▪ Understanding the complexities of text-image relations and their role 
in meaning-making processes
Prerequisites:
▪ Strong motivation and good command of English are essential to get a 
pass for the course.
▪ Basic knowledge of visual analysis is recommended.
▪ Aimed at Bachelor/ Master/ PhD students in Media Studies/ Journalism/ 
Cultural Studies/ Linguistics/ Political Sciences/ International 
Relations/ Geography/ History.
Recommended literature:
▪ Bateman, J. A. (2014) Text and image. A critical introduction to the 
visual/verbal divide. Routledge.
▪ Caple, H. (2013) Photojournalism. A social semiotic approach. Palgrave 
Macmillan.
▪ Machin, D. (2007) Introduction to Multimodal Analysis. Bloomsbury.
More information: 
http://www.geomeans.com/media-representations-analysis-2-images-social-semiotics-and-multimodality-summer-school/

Online support:
▪ 
http://www.geomeans.com/getting-started-with-media-analysis-1-basic-template-for-research-into-discourses-signs-and-frames-with-qualitative-research-methods/
▪ 
http://www.geomeans.com/getting-started-with-media-analysis-2-do-our-media-reflect-reality-accurately/
▪ 
http://www.geomeans.com/getting-started-with-media-analysis-3-our-essay-template/
▪ 
http://www.geomeans.com/getting-started-with-media-analysis-4-excellent-book-on-visual-analysis/

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
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