Image & Culture

Media studies are generally concerned with the content of media. This course, however, focuses on the potential impact of communication technology in other areas than content. The main emphasis is on images and visual media, but other forms of communication technology are included for comparison and contrast. Three related areas are of main interest:
- the perception of images and what may be called the history of vision.
- The relationship between visual media and cultural identity.
- Image technologies, with a focus on the cultural role of these technologies.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will have extensive insight into central aspects of what is encompassed in the concept "image culture". This includes central historical and current image technologies.

This course is taught in Norwegian only.

Lectures and seminars.

Compulsory assignment:
Students must pass a written knowledge test in the middle of the semester before final assessment can be made.

More on assessment:
The method of assessment will be a letter-graded 30 minutes oral exam. The students will be given a selected choice of themes from the curriculum before the exam.

Students are responsible for checking the results of the written examination on the department's notice board.

Students are required to use Innsida and It's learning actively for updates and information, in addition to other information resources of the course.