| 1 | 1. Introduction: Overview of the Concepts of Media, Discourse and Ideology | |
| 2 | 2. Understanding Ideology: Theoretical Approaches | 1 |
| 3 | 3. The Function of Ideology: Truth, Consciousness and Class Structures | 1 |
| 4 | 4.Media and Ideology: Power, Truth and Representation | 1 |
| 5 | 5. News Discourse and Ideological Coding | 2 |
| 6 | 6. Popular Culture, Entertainment and Ideological Reflections | 2 |
| 7 | 7. Discourses of Representation and Marginalization in the Media | 2 |
| 8 | 8. Midterm Exam | |
| 9 | 9. Slavoj Zizek: Key Concepts from Mapping Ideology | 3 |
| 10 | 10. Digital Media and Ideology | 3 |
| 11 | 11. Political Discourse and Propaganda in Media | 3 |
| 12 | 12. Critical Reading: Ideology and Media Texts | 3 |
| 13 | 13. Critical Discourse Analysis: Methods and Applications | 3 |
| 14 | 14. Resistance Against Ideology: Alternative Media and Counter-Discourses | 3 |
| 15 | 15. General Evaluation and Discourse Analysis Practices | |