{"id":14865,"date":"2026-03-03T10:14:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T10:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offuniversity.org\/?post_type=previous-courses&#038;p=14865"},"modified":"2026-03-03T10:51:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T10:51:13","slug":"media-communication-in-the-21st-century","status":"publish","type":"previous-courses","link":"https:\/\/offuniversity.org\/tr\/previous-courses\/winter-2025-26\/media-communication-in-the-21st-century\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Communication in the 21st Century"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-a662079b\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-7b60fd04\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-e0d64d06\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-e0d64d06\">\n\n<div class=\"gb-element-7d19a5aa\">\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-1f2875eb gb-headline-text\">Media Communication in the 21st Century<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-b1648cf9 gb-headline-text\"><em><em>The Backbone of Democracy or a Tool of Social Oppression<\/em><\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-f91c37b5 gb-headline-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/offuniversity.org\/faculty\/#Aksana-Ulanovich\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1387\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aksana Ulanovich<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/offuniversity.org\/faculty\/#Andrii-Kostyriev\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1387\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Andrii Kostyrievfa<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-3a30ea48 gb-tabs\" data-opened-tab=\"1\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-84f8d681 gb-tabs__buttons\">\n\n<button class=\"gb-button gb-button-a79c01e0 gb-button-text gb-tabs__button gb-block-is-current\" id=\"gb-tab-button-a79c01e0\">Overview<\/button>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"gb-button gb-button-bfd101b8 gb-button-text gb-tabs__button\" id=\"gb-tab-button-bfd101b8\">Course Outline<\/button>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-7f59097b gb-tabs__items\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-f5c5f721 gb-tabs__item gb-tabs__item-open\" id=\"gb-tab-item-f5c5f721\">\n\n<h4 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-68c7fb24 gb-headline-text\">Overview<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>In the current world, where information appears as the main value, the discourse about the media\u2019s role and place in socio-political processes is a cornerstone both for theorists <em><strong>\u2013<\/strong><\/em> political scientists, sociologists, legal scholars, psychologists <em><strong>\u2013<\/strong><\/em> and for practitioners <em><strong>\u2013<\/strong><\/em> politicians, editors, journalists, bloggers \u2013 as well as for an engaged public. The question of how media can support democratic processes and foster communicative discourse, while avoiding manipulation and oppression, has become urgent due to the rapid evolution of online platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The optimistic 1990s vision of the Internet as a catalyst for direct democracy has, since 2016, given way to warnings that social media \u201csteal elections\u201d and create distorted realities through fake news and emotionally charged propaganda. These challenges are particularly acute for societies in democratic transition, striving for liberation, sovereignty, and sustainable public trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This 14-week seminar course is designed as an interdisciplinary dialogue between scholarship and practice. Students will engage critically with theory and current events, exploring themes such as the essence of political communication, media power, the watchdog\u2013chain dog dilemma, post-truth networks, and the aesthetics and rhetoric of political media. Through discussion, debate, and collaborative research, we will uncover the techniques, tactics, and means by which media shape <em><strong>\u2013<\/strong><\/em> and are shaped by <em><strong>\u2013<\/strong><\/em> democratic and authoritarian contexts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The course moves from foundational theories of information and communication to advanced explorations of network society, post-politics, and post-truth realities, culminating in student-led presentations that synthesize and apply the insights gained.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-79414423 gb-tabs__item\" id=\"gb-tab-item-79414423\">\n\n<h4 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-28db6432 gb-headline-text\">Course Outline<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text\">You can see and download the course syllabus below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-element-3120ace5\">\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden 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