PhD program
Media and Communications

Media and Communications

QUALIFICATION

  • Scientific and pedagogical direction - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

MODEL OF GRADUATING STUDENT

Upon completion of this educational program, it is expected that doctoral students will be able to:
1. build trends in digital technology, digital media;
2. theorize the approaches and concepts of modern communicativistics;
3. practice research approaches in the study of communications used in world science;
4. present ideas for solving applied objectives of representatives of the media and communication industry;
5. classify the communication concepts of researchers of mass communication; develop concepts of media and communication programs;
6. predict the effectiveness of the impact of communication, network, mobile, electronic, printed methods of research on the development of various spheres of society;
7. analyze data in communication projects; offer own hypotheses and draw up a project or research plan to solve problems; conduct media and classroom planning;
8. solve communication tasks, conduct communication companies to attract investments, analyze preferred media carriers depending on the target investor audience;
9. build opportunities, limitations of media channels for working with an investment audience, diagnose difficulties in communicating with investment audiences;
10. project, generate new ideas, concepts in the field of communicology, medialogy for the practical application of different types of communication in communicativistics.
11. develop communication strategies in the non-profit sector; conduct an experiment of promoting projects in the non-profit sector;
12. develop, use new multimedia communication strategies; implement comprehensive research in the media field.

Program passport

Speciality Name
Media and Communications
Speciality Code
8D03202
Faculty
Journalism

disciplines

Academic writing
  • Number of credits - 2
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to structure different types of academic texts of professional orientation. Create an authoring academic text describing a research project. The course teaches you how to correctly cite in the text and list of references. Based on the results of the study, the student is able to formulate a hypothesis, present the results of his own research.

Integrated communications and media
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the doctoral students' ability to study the media environment, communication industry of Kazakhstan, analyze the process of integrated communication. Theories and concepts of communication schools of different countries and regions of the world, new formats, trends of modern communicology, specificity of mass communication, history of communication in different periods of information revolutions will be studied.

Introduction to Communication
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability of doctoral students to explore the media environment, the communication industry of Kazakhstan and the near and far abroad, to analyze mass communications. Theories and concepts of communication schools of different countries and regions of the world, new formats, and trends of modern communicology and specifics of mass communication, the history of communications in different periods of information revolutions will be studied.

Media System of Kazakhstan
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to build the ability of doctoral students to attract investments to finance research of the media system of Kazakhstan, taking into account its historical, socio-political, economic and information-cultural development. This course introduces the history and modern development of the media system in Kazakhstan, with the media impact on the development of society.

PhD thesis writing and defence
  • Number of credits - 12
  • Type of control - Докторская диссертация
  • Description - The main purpose of "PhD thesis writing and defence": of a doctoral dissertation is the formation of the doctoral students' ability to disclose the content of research work for the defense of the thesis. During the study of course, doctoral student's should be competent in: 1. to substantiate the content of new scientifically grounded theoretical and experimental results that allow to solve a theoretical or applied problem or are a major achievement in the development of specific scientific directions; 2. explain the assessment of the completeness of the solutions to the tasks assigned, according to the specifics of the professional sphere of activity; 3. they can analyze alternative solutions for solving research and practical problems and assess the prospects for implementing these options; 4. apply the skills of writing scientific texts and presenting them in the form of scientific publications and presentations. 5. to plan and structure the scientific search, clearly highlight the research problem, develop a plan / program and methods for its study, formalize, in accordance with the requirements of the State Educational Establishment, the scientific and qualification work in the form of a thesis for a scientific degree Doctor of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) on specialty «8D07502 – Standardization and certification (by industry)». During the study of the discipline doctoral student will learn following aspects: Registration of documents for presentation of the thesis for defense. Information card of the dissertation and registration-registration card (in the format Visio 2003). Extract from the minutes of the meeting of the institution, in which the preliminary defense of the thesis took place. Cover letter to the Higher Attestation Commission. Expert conclusion on the possibility of publishing the author's abstract. Expert opinion on the possibility of publishing a dissertation. Minutes of the meeting of the counting commission. Bulletin for voting. A shorthand record of the meeting of the dissertational council. List of scientific papers. Response of the official opponent. A review of the leading organization. The recall of the scientific adviser.

Scientific Research methods
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to conduct scientific research and formalize its results. Key concepts of research methodology, research techniques, and methods, the nature of scientific knowledge and its functions, planning, and organization of dissertation work will be studied. As a result of mastering the discipline, a doctoral candidate will be able to use standard algorithms and scientific methods.

Data for 2021-2024 years

disciplines

Communication research methods
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to explore, analyze mass communication, to apply scientific skills, methods of sociological polls of mass media. This course introduces the methods of mass communication analysis, the methods of communication impact on social development, public opinion in the period of increasing influence of digital technologies, social networks, global problems of geopolitics, information wars, cyber security.

Digital Media and Society
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to explore, analyze and apply digital technologies, digital communications. Mobile platforms will be studied: the use of messenger platforms in digital communication; strategic media planning in the work of the media agency; ecosystem of programmatic tools; digital project management: efficient business processes, resource planning, quality control and performance indicators.

Global communication
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to explore, analyze global, regional and local communications. This course introduces the trend, forms of manifestation, varieties of global communication, and in particular with information globalization, with its pluses and minuses during an impact on the social development of countries and continents; introduces technological, biogenic, environmental, psychological, neurophysiological effects.

Media processes and effects
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to analyze media processes, trends and effects of their impact on society; study the concepts, directions of media processes, predict the development of media effects on the audience, the influence of personality. Influence of media development on the modern culture of society; communication processes: globalization, digitalization, convergence, commercialization, demassification, personalization, Internetization will be studied.

Personalization and Mass Communication
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to apply mass and personal communication techniques in teaching media disciplines. A revolution in the thinking of modern man; the process of convergence of the media; the specifics of personalization of information, personal communication, their classification by subject, by genre diversity, by the personality of the moderator, TV presenter will be studied.

Virtual society and Artificial Intelligence
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The aim of the course is to develop a doctoral student's systematic understanding of the issues of artificial intelligence in virtual society and its application in the digital space. The impact of artificial intelligence on the digital communications market, virtual media strategy through research work, analysis of target audience and communication channels, performance indicators; strategy of using social media tools will be considered.

Virtual Society and Humanities technology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to apply network methodologies for the subsequent development of strategies to promote products and services in the digital space. The structure of the digital communications market; brand development strategy in digital channels; research work, analysis of the target audience, communication channels, performance indicators; strategy of using social media tools will be studied.

Data for 2021-2024 years

INTERNSHIPS

Pedagogical
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - Formation of practical, educational-methodical skills of conducting lectures, seminars, creatively apply scientific, theoretical knowledge, practical skills in teaching activities, conduct training sessions in the disciplines of the specialty; own modern professional techniques, methods of training, use in practice the latest theoretical, methodological advances, make educational, methodological documentation.

Research
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - The purpose of the practice: gaining experience in the study of an actual scientific problem, expand the professional knowledge gained in the learning process, and developing practical skills for conducting independent scientific work. The practice is aimed at developing the skills of research, analysis and application of economic knowledge.

Data for 2021-2024 years