Welcome to the course, EAST0184 Media and Politics in South Korea!
Learning outcomes
After completing this course, students can understand Korean politics and society through media history, media-related law as well as current issues in media. Students will deepen their knowledge on media-related terms in English and key concepts in Korean. Students will familiarise themselves with the interrelation between rapidly changing Korean politics and media.
Content
The course includes 6 lecture videos, each has three parts. Each lecture has its own theme such as History, Democracy, Chaebol, Ethics, New Media, and Politics. The reading materials are according to the theme and the lecture contents.
How to complete this course (2 ECTS)
1. Read compulsory and/or optional reading(s). You can download all as a zip file in the reading material section on the Moodle page.2. Listen to the lectures (each lecture includes three parts) : Click the lecture videos and watch/listen to them.(Please use headphone/earphone to listen to the better quality sound.)
3. Write a question and at least one reply after watching lecture videos. Read others' questions and answers before writing your question, so it does not overlap with others. For more active participation, you can write more than one question or one answer if you want to be more active. The most important thing is that you should try to answer unanswered questions.
4. Write your self-introduction/your interests in Media/an essay topic that you will write in the Notice Board.(Also comment others' topics at least two of them.) Write as detail as possible, discuss with other classmates, and develop your essay topic through this process.
Deadline 29.9.2024 for those who submit essays by 20.10.2024.
Deadline 17.11.2024 for those who submit essays by 8.12. 2024.
5. Write your essay and submit it through the link below (Assignment: Essay section).
Deadline: 20.10.2024 or 8.12.2024 (You can choose whichever better for you!)
Course Period
Registration: 2.9.2024 - 8.12.2024Moodle Page: https://moodle.utu.fi/course/view.php?id=23091
Course enrolment key: 0170
Final Essay
- 1300 words (excluding citations and references). Please include word counts in your essay. Check beforehand, if you have your essay topic in the context of the course, proper citations, a list of references. If you want to change your essay topic different from what you have wrote on the notice board, please write it again or email to the teacher beforehand to discuss about it.
- If you used AI in your essay, indicate how much percentage of the essay includes AI generated contents, and where it has been used. Please include extra AI report paper on what you have learned by using AI (500 words).
Assessment Criteria
- Online participation: 50% (Make sure your activity completion rate is 100%)
- Essay: 50% (To pass the course, you should submit the essay by the deadline you choose.)
- Grade Scale : 0-5 (0 means fail)
- Assessment Criteria: good topic discussions on the notice board, good structures of the essay, correct citations and references(a couple of blogposts will not be enough as references for your academic essay writing), neat writing (grammar and spell check, punctuations), including word counts, understanding of academic writing and terminologies, understanding of Korean media and politics (try to show what you have read and learned as much as possible), good arguments or a thesis statement (logical and reasonable)
- See more about an academic essay: https://www.student.unsw.edu.au/essay-writing-basics#:~:text=An%20academic%20essay%20should%20answer,points%20by%20reasoning%20and%20evidence.
"An academic essay aims to persuade readers of an idea based on evidence."
"An academic essay should answer a question or task."
"It should have a thesis statement (answer to the question) and an argument."
"It should try to present or discuss something: develop a thesis via a set of closely related points by reasoning and evidence."
"An academic essay should include relevant examples, supporting evidence and information from academic texts or credible sources."
Qualifications
Students who already know how to write an academic essay, how to cite, how to write references can take the course.
Contact the teacher
You can send an email to Mary Song (mahyso@utu.fi), if you have any questions related to the course.
- Opettaja
Mary Song