Course for international guest/part time students
- Faculty
- Faculty of Humanities
- Organization
- BTK Institute of Germanic Studies
- Code
- BBI-NEM11-361
- Title
- Visual and Electronic Media
- Usual semester
- Autumn
- Published semester
- 2026/27/1
- ECTS
- 3
- Language
- de
- Learning outcomes
- The aim of the training [a concise description of the professional competences and elements of competence (knowledge, skills, attitudes, autonomy, responsibility) required]: Knowledge: the student should be familiar with the basic historical and genre characteristics of the visual and electronic media, their basic concepts and methods of analysis and, through this, the changes in the visual and electronic media. Furthermore, they should be familiar with the specific aspects of film analysis and be able to consult the relevant literature. Ability: to be able to identify different types of visual and electronic media, to draw conclusions about the framing of visual and electronic media and to be able to identify the implicit and explicit messages they carry. Be able to grasp the main lines of the visual language and structure of a film. Attitude: open to learning, applying and reflecting on knowledge. autonomy and responsibility: to be able to orientate oneself in the world of German visual and electronic media and German film and to be open to its didactic application and transmission in public education.
- Course content
- Content of the course (concise description of the content to be taught): The seminar aims to provide a basic knowledge of the various communication media, including the visual and electronic media, their development and current changes, with particular reference to the German language area, through concrete examples. Among the visual media, it will focus on the film genre and, on the basis of some classic German films, will review the most basic concepts and aspects of visual media analysis.
- Assessment method
- practical grade
- Bibliography
- Klaus Hartmann: Medien und Kommunikation. 2. Auflage. Wien: Facultas VUW 2013. ISBN: 9783825230142 Hans Krah, Michael Titzmann: Medien und Kommunikation. Eine Einführung. 3. stark erweiterte Ausgabe. Passau: Verlag Karl Stutz 2013. ISBN: 9783888493393 Dennis Gräf: Filmsemiotik: eine Einführung in die Analyse audiovisueller Formate. Marburg: Schüren 2011. ISBN: 9783894727406
- Recommended bibliography
- Hartmann, Klaus: Medien und Kommunikation. 2. Auflage. Wien: Facultas VUW 2013. Krah, Hans; Titzmann, Michael: Medien und Kommunikation. Eine Einführung. 3. stark erweiterte Ausgabe. Passau: Verlag Karl Stutz 2013. Gräf Dennis: Filmsemiotik: eine Einführung in die Analyse audiovisueller Formate. Marburg: Schüren 2011.