Media narratives, literacies and representations

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

The teaching methodologies of this curricular unit are conducive to participation. This methodological option aligns with the course's main objective: to stimulate and develop critical thinking.

Thus, in class, there will be:

a) a presentation of content followed by discussion, both in class and on asynchronous online platforms;

b) a promotion of research work, with the respective presentation and discussion.

Learning Outcomes

This seminar promotes reflection on the representational power of the media narrative and theoretical and empirical approaches to the concept of literacy. It seeks a critical positioning beyond merely functional knowledge of technologies and the media and explores media culture as a process through which people circulate and contest meanings about themselves, their social experiences, and their social relations.
At the end of the course, students are expected to be able to:
- Recognise the discursive properties of media narratives;
- Problematise journalism in the light of the field of Narrative Media Studies;
- Understand the importance of information and technology in democratic development;
- Know and critically analyse public policies on information and media literacy;
- Establish the framework for debates on media and representation in the context of key developments in media studies and cultural studies.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

I. Narratives and representation:

1. Narrative and conflict;

2. Press narratives: an epistemology of journalism in the light of narrative;

3. Ethical limits of storytelling.

 

II. Challenges for literacies: An active and global citizenship:

1. critical and civic literacies;

2. Public policies to promote literacies;

3. Media, interculturalism and participatory cultures;

4. Alternative media and producers: from community media to new influencers.

 

III. Media representations:

1. media theories and cultural diversity;

2. Theories of representation and regimes of representation;

3. Gender representations;

4. Age and representation;

5. Racism and representation;

6. Media consumption and identity.

Head Lecturer(s)

Professor a Definir - Faculdade de Letras

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Oral participation in class: 20.0%
Research work: 40.0%
Mini Tests: 40.0%

Bibliography

Aguaded, I., & Romero-Rodríguez, L. (Eds.) (2018). Competencias mediáticas en medios digitales emergentes.
Buckingham, D. (2001). Media Education. A Global Strategy for Development. A Policy Paper.
Butler, J. (2002). Gender Trouble. Feminism and the Subversion of Identity.
Cabrera, A., Santos, C. A., Figueiras, R. (eds.) (2019). Media: poder, representação e epistemologias.
Carter, C., Steiner, L., & L. McLaughlin (2014). The Routledge Companion to Media and Gender..
Frau-Meigs, D., & Corbu, N. (Eds.). (2024). Disinformation Debunked: Building Resilience through Media and Information Literacy (1st ed.). Routledge.
Hall, S., (1997). Representation: cultural representations and signifying practices.
Mihailidis, P. (2014). Media literacy and the emerging citizen: Youth, engagement and participation in digital culture.
Peixinho, A. T. (2024). Estudos Narrativos Mediáticos.
Ryan, M.L. & Thon, J.N. (2014). Storyworlds across media. Toward a media conscious Narratology.