Communication and Languages
1
2023-2024
02048472
Communication Sciences
Portuguese
Face-to-face
SEMESTRIAL
10.0
Elective
2nd Cycle Studies - Mestrado
Recommended Prerequisites
Not applicable.
Teaching Methods
Seminar teaching method: preparation of and debate on program contents; content exposure classes; group problem solving; oral presentations by students.
Learning Outcomes
- Understand the centrality of language as the main means of communication and representation;
- To know the main currents of thought and the epistemological frameworks of the study of languages and media discourses;
- Apply theories, concepts and methodologies to the critical reading of media objects;
- Identify the specificity of media messages according to language, media support and genre;
- Analyze media messages using qualitative methodologies (semiotics, discourse analysis and narrative analysis);
- Identify hybridization phenomena in media culture narratives;
- Recognize the discursive properties of media narratives.
Work Placement(s)
NoSyllabus
I. Language, society and media
- Language and representation;
- Language and communication;
- Language and media.
II. Discourses, identities and ideologies
- Discours and power;
- The discourse and the construction of identities;
- The media field as a discursive field.
III. Communication, language and narrative
- Press narratives;
- Digital narratives: the power of images;
- The power of conversation and television interview;
- Ethical limits of storytelling.
Head Lecturer(s)
Ana Teresa Fernandes Peixinho de Cristo
Assessment Methods
Assessment
Synthesis work: 20.0%
Work presentation : 30.0%
Research work: 50.0%
Bibliography
Cotter, C., & Perrin, D. (2017). The Routledge Handbook of Language and Media. New York: Routledge.
Fidalgo, A., & Gradim, A. (2005). Manual de Semiótica. Covilhã: UBI.
Gee, J. P., & Handford, M. (Eds.). (2012). The Routledge Handbook of Discourse Analysis. New York / London: Routledge
Matheson, D. (2005). Media Discourses: Analysing Media Texts. Berkshire: Open University Press.
Peixinho, A. T., & Araújo, B. (Orgs.). (2017). Narrativa e Media: Géneros, Figuras e Contextos.
Rodrigues, A. D. (2015). “Delimitação, Natureza e Funções do Discurso Mediático”. In: A. T. Peixinho et al. (Orgs.). Vinte Anos de Jornalismo contra a Indiferença (pp. 31-44). Coimbra: IUC.
Ryan, M.L.; Thon, J.N. (2014). Storyworlds across media. Toward a media conscious Narratology. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press.
Santos, J. V. (2011). Linguagem e Comunicação. Coimbra: Almedina.
Thurlow, C., & Mroczek, K. (2011). Digital Discourse: Language in the New Media. Oxford: Oxford University Press.