MEDIA AND INFORMATION KNOWLEDGE – PROGRAMME SUBJECT IN PROGRAMMES FOR SPECIALIZATION IN GENERAL STUDIES (MIN1-01)

Basic skills are integrated into the competence aims for this course in areas where they contribute to the development of and are part of the subject competence. In the Media and information knowledge programme subject, basic skills are understood as follows:

Being able to express oneself orally in Media and information knowledge involves the oral presentation of one’s own work in which the exchange of views, reflections and assessments play a central role. Oral precision is all-important when working with media productions.

Being able to express oneself in writing in Media and information knowledge involves imparting information and opinions through a variety of communicative expressions, such as text, sound and images, on different levels. It involves narration, description, analysis, reflection and assessment.

Being able to read in Media and information knowledge involves being able to understand and interpret a variety of media texts. It also involves the ability to read instruction guidelines, surveys, models and theories.

Numeracy in Media and information knowledge involves making use of different types of statistics as a starting point for analysis and argumentation. It also includes calculating time sheets and expenses in connection with one’s own media productions.

Being able to use digital tools in Media and information knowledge involves finding, receiving, handling, integrating and evaluating information as a basis for further work with different forms of expression in one’s own productions. It also involves dealing with legal, cultural and ethical challenges related to Internet use.