Communication and Networks

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

1. Theoretical explanation and examples.

2. Critical readings.

Learning Outcomes

The students should be able to understand and critically analyse the dynamics of network societies and their implications in communication structures and processes. They should also be able to use proficiently communication networks. It is also an objective of this curricular unit to promote the acknowledgement of convergence, its causes and implications.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Communication in Network Societies.
2. Mass media and network media – new narratives and new actors.
3. Convergence: causes, processes and outputs.
4. Communication, networks and the reconfiguration of the public space.

Head Lecturer(s)

Sílvio Manuel Rodrigues Correia dos Santos

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Mini Tests: 30.0%
Synthesis work: 30.0%
Frequency: 40.0%

Bibliography

CARDOSO, G. (2006). Os Media na Sociedade em Rede. Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.

CASTELLS, M. (1996). The Rise of the Network Society, The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture Vol. I. Mal. Oxford: Blackwell.

CEBRIÁN, J.L. (1998). A rede: como nossas vidas serão transformadas pelos novos meios de comunicação. S. Paulo: Summus.

VAN DIJK, J. A. G. M. (2006). The Network Society: Social Aspects of New Media, Londres: Sage.