Type of Credit: Elective
Credit(s)
This course consists of lectures including literature reading and image viewing (Lectures) and workshops (WS). Lectures will cover a wide range of topics including media history as a dynamism between information technology and the society, ideas and theories on media and communication, and media expressions and literacy necessary to cope with various problems associated with the contemporary media ecology in Japan. Workshops will be methodologies and opportunities for students to understand the above topics bodily.
Tuesday classes will be for workshops, Friday for lectures for histories and theories. Those two streams will be integrated and crystalized as knowledge of Media Ecology in Japan in the last part of the course.
能力項目說明
How to prepare for this course
Though depending on the number of students registered, there will be three kinds of workshops. When the number of the students is small, individual activities will replace workshops. If the number of attendance is more than 25, the lecture will discuss with the office to choose by lottery. The students need to do some home and preparatory work.
Course Goals:
With the completion of this course, students will be able to: 1) comprehend the way of thinking in media studies which are interdisciplinary knowledge with a focus on media as an agent for communication, and 2) bodily understand the history and theories of media studies in Japan.
Prerequisites:
From the standpoint of workshop design, the size of the class should be within 25 students. If the number of attendance is more than 25, the lecture will discuss with the office to choose by lottery.
Students need to attend more than 12 classes. They should attend especially all the classes of the first and last days of the course.
(3) The lecturer will speak in English for lectures. In the discussion and workshops, English and partly in Japanese.
(4) For the workshops, students need to bring their smart phone or mobile media.
Introduction:
Overview of the course, explanation of prerequisites, and self-introduction of the lecturer and students.
Keywords: Overview, Prerequisites, Self-introduction
2. Viewpoint of Media Studies:
Lecture on fundamental perspective of media studies.
Keywords: Media, Communication, Everyday Life, Media Studies
3. Small Workshop (WS)
Ice breaking workshop for sharing the feeling of class community and for learning the perspective of media studies bodily.
Keywords: Media, Communication, Everyday Life, Media Studies
4. Media History in Japan (1) : Development of Electric Media
Lecture, literature reading, image (film, TV program, or CM) viewing on Japan’s media history from the late 19th century to early 20th century.
Keywords: History, Railroad, Telegraph, Telephone, Newspaper, Film, Radio
5. Medium WS (1)
Middle size workshop for understanding media history of Taiwan & Japan.
Keywords: Everyday Life, Image, Memory, History, Storytelling
6. Media Theory in Japan (1)
Lecture and literature reading on media theories from the late 19th century to early 20th century.
Keywords: Electricity, Modernization, Urbanization, Industrialization, Crowd, Public
7. Medium WS (2)
Middle size workshop for understanding media history of Taiwan & Japan. There will be presentations about group works.
Keywords: Everyday Life, Image, Memory, History, Storytelling
8. Media History in Japan (2) : The “1955 Regime” in Mass Media
Lecture, literature reading, image viewing on Japan’s media history after WWII to 1980s.
Keywords: Mass Media, Television, Newspaper, Audience, Consuming Society
9. Large WS (1)
Large size workshop for designing media ecology of Taiwan & Japan.
Keywords: Design, Activism, Cross Cultural Understanding, Storytelling
10. Media Theory in Japan (2)
Lecture and literature reading on the history of Japan’s journalism and mass communication researches after WWII to 1980s.
Keywords: Journalism Studies, Mass Communication Research, Impact Theory
11. Large WS (2)
Large size workshop for designing media ecology of Taiwan & Japan.
Keywords: Design, Activism, Cross Cultural Understanding, Storytelling
12. Media History in Japan (3) : From the Internet to Robot
Lecture, literature reading, image viewing on Japan’s media history since 1990s.
Keywords: Internet, Mobile Media, Game, Pop-Culture, Nationalism
13. Large WS (3)
Large size workshop for designing media ecology of Taiwan & Japan.
Keywords: Design, Activism, Cross Cultural Understanding, Storytelling
14. Media Theory in Japan (3)
Lecture and literature reading on Japan’s media theory since 1990s.
Keywords: Media Studies, Digital Media, Post-Modern, Time and Space
15. Presentation of Large WS
Final presentations of the large size workshop for designing media ecology of Taiwan & Japan.
Keywords: Design, Activism, Cross Cultural Understanding, Storytelling
16. Towards East Asian Transnational Networks of Media Studies
Lecture, literature reading and discussion on contemporary transnational activities towards a new East Asian media studies.
Keywords: Transnational, East Asia, Taiwan, Japan, Theory, Body, Space, Biotope
17. Towards East Asian Transnational Networks of Media Practices
Lecture and discussion on contemporary transnational activities towards a new East Asian media practices.
Keywords: Transnational, East Asia, Taiwan, Japan, Pop-Culture, Literacy, Biotope
18. Grand Summary
Final and general discussion about the outcomes and impressions of the course.
Keywords: Media Design, Media Ecology, Critical Media Practice
□Viewpoint of evaluation
（1）Whether the student has understood basic knowledge of media history and theory in Japan.
（2）Whether the student has achieved 1) in the context of the relationship with their own life and research.
（3）Whether the student have actively participated in classes (workshops).
Evaluation method
Contribution to the classes, performance in workshops, and mid & final reports
Evaluation criteria
Attendance (40%), Performance in Workshops (40%), Mid and Final Reports (20%)