Transcultural perspectives in media literacies

After completing the course students will understand essential knowledge about audiences, media uses and
practices from transcultural perspectives together with socio-cultural frames of the uses such as the role of
media in societies and, media literacies in intercultural contexts of learning. Students will understand basics
of audiovisual news production.

The training scenario reflects media uses from transcultural perspectives. Students learn a special media life
study method as a pedagogic method for an (intercultural) classroom for youngsters aged 13 – 14 or elder.
The scenario is conceptualizing audiences, uses and perceptions on media and the socio-cultural roles of
media in societies. Moreover, the scenario is offering basics of video news production as a form of
students’ collaborative presentation.