Growing up with media and moving images

Education facts

Code: FL2170

How does film, television, and visual media form the way we see ourselves and the world around us? This advanced-level course offers in-depth knowledge of the role moving images play in the lives of children and young people. You will explore the historical development from optical toys and matinée culture to television shows, children’s cinema, and young people’s own creative practices with media. Through theoretical concepts such as mediatization, moral panic, media literacy, and audiovisual Bildung, you will develop tools to analyse screen media from a child and youth perspective. Drawing on current media research, we will discuss the tensions between the needs of young people and adult’s norms. By analyzing children’s films, teen series, and digital formats, you will deepen your understanding of how childhood and adolescence are transformed in a digital media society. This course is designed for students with an academic background in education, film studies, cultural studies, or media and communication, but also for students with a general interest in children and visual media.

Entry requirements

Admission to the course requires the completion of courses totaling at least 180 higher education credits, equivalent to the requirements for a bachelor's degree in the humanities or social sciences, or an equivalent qualification. Additionally, English 6/English B from Swedish upper secondary school or the equivalent level on an internationally recognized test, such as TOEFL or IELTS, is required.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Growing up with media and moving images

  University of Gothenburg

  GÖTEBORG

  Start date: 30 March 2027

  End date: 2 May 2027

  Pace of study: 100 %