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Music and media (module 6)

General data

Course ID:	3106-MIM-KON
Erasmus code / ISCED:	03.2 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0215) Music and performing arts The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Music and media (module 6)
Name in Polish:	Muzyka i media (moduł VI)
Organizational unit:	Institute of Musicology
Course groups:	(in Polish) III rok I st. Muzykologia (in Polish) Przedmioty modułowe dla III r. (moduł VI)
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	1.50 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	obligatory courses
Short description:	Interactions between music and the technical instruments of its reproduction and transmission in mass media; the role of reproduction techniques in culture.
Full description:	Interactions between music and the technical instruments of its reproduction and transmission in mass media; the role of reproduction techniques in culture. Music in the media will be discussed as an independent art preserved in the form of recorded sound and as material for other forms of art. We will tackle the problem of a phonographic work in its theoretical and aesthetic aspects. The historical part of the course will include a detailed discussion of the history of the recording industry. The discussed problems will be illustrated by music played back from records, fragments of radio and television broadcasts as well as films
Bibliography:	Mieczysław Kominek "Zaczęło się od fonografu", PWM, Warszawa 1986 "Kultura dźwięku. Teksty o muzyce nowoczesnej", red. Christoph Cox, Daniel Warner, Słowo-obraz-terytoria, Warszawa 2010 Shuhei Hosokawa "The Walkman Effect The Walkman Effect", Popular Music, Vol. 4, Performers and Audiences (1984), pp. 165-180 Simon Frith "Copyright and the Music Business", Popular Music, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Jan., 1988), pp. 57-75 Simon Frith "Look! Hear! The Uneasy Relationship of Music and Television", Popular Music, Vol. 21, No. 3, Music and Television (Oct., 2002), pp. 277-290
Learning outcomes:	Having completed the course, student: - knows basics of history of phonography - understands characteristics of discussed technologies (phonograph, gramophone, wire recorders, longplay records, compact cassette, compact disc) - understands specific context for music in such media as film, radio, television, internet, press.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	- Active classroom participation (willingnes, well prepared to discussion) - Final test based on readings, lecutres and discussions

Classes in period "Summer semester 2023/24" (in progress)

Time span:	2024-02-19 - 2024-06-16	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO TU KON W TH FR
Type of class:	Seminar, 15 hours, 15 places more information
Coordinators:	Mariusz Gradowski
Group instructors:	Mariusz Gradowski
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	Course - Grading Seminar - Grading

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