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.