SEMESTER 1 :
All students study in Aarhus, Denmark at University of Aarhus / Danish School of Journalism. 30 ECTS

2006-2008 program: 28 August - 18 December


Introduction:
Coordinated by the DSJ International office and Centre for University Studies in Journalism.
One-week intensive introduction to courses, to institution, to language, to Aarhus and Denmark.





Module 1: Globalisation: Reporting global change



Professor:Hans-Henrik Holm, Danish School of Journalism (DSJ). Professor Fall 2007: Sandy Tolan, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Credits: 10 ECTS

Module one is a full time, four-week course that will be a common basis for the students for modules two and three. This intro course will focus on introducing global change, the global agenda and globalisation. Which are the key international issues? What are the main viewpoints on these issues?

How are these issues reported globally? Through case studies of war reporting, famine and reporting Europe students will gain insight into both issues and reporting. Seminar includes teachers from London and Hamburg.



Module 2: Globalisation and the transformation of the state



Professor: Georg Sørensen, AU Institute of Political Science
Credits: 10 ECTS

The aim of the course is to give a comprehensive introduction to the debate about the transformation of the sovereign state. What arguments are being made, how are different positions motivated, empirically and theoretically? Focus will be on: economic globalisation; political changes (multi-level governance) and the consequences for democracy; identity and citizenship; sovereignty; and the prospects for peace and war, conflict and cooperation. An answer will be provided to the overall research question: what kind of transformation is the sovereign state undergoing?



Module 3: Globalisation, culture and the roles of the media


Professor: Henrik Bødker
Department of Information and Media Studies
Credits: 10 ECTS

The aim of this course is to introduce and discuss a wide range of views and theories regarding how media play into the formation of communities and identities within, across and beyond national cultures. The main themes of media, community and identity will evolve from discussions of how various media were an intrinsic part of the construction of nation states. After that we will look at how different media and content have been perceived to both maintain and threaten national and local cultures. We will, however, from the start and throughout also question this interpretive frame of national and local cultures by looking at notions of inter-, trans- and post-national media, communities and identitities. Such perspectives will partly be introduced through audience studies. Central concepts to be discussed are media, globalisation, (local, imagined, virtual) community, identity, (mass, popular) culture, public spheres, public service, networks, cultural imperialism and media reception.


Our own faculty are joined, each year, by expert guest faculty from other international institutions. You can read about these Erasmus Mundus Scholars here.