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Presentation
Presentation
This course exists at the intersection of Sociology, Communication Sciences, Philosophy, and Sociology of Communication. It provides a context for the class to engage in contemporary debates about communication and society and helps to understand how journalism currently exists within a complex ecosystem of communications that is constitutive of the current experience of the world. As these communication relationships have situated social actors behind them, it is also important to consider the power relations that are constitutive of these social positions. Thus, this course unit allows for a deeper understanding of highly relevant contemporary political and social issues, related to identities and belonging, which are currently undergoing significant political contestation.
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Class from course
Class from course
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Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Master Degree | Semestral | 6
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Year | Nature | Language
Year | Nature | Language
1 | Mandatory | Português
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Code
Code
ULHT6348-23284
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable
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Professional Internship
Professional Internship
Não
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Syllabus
Syllabus
1. Media and society: different theories for understanding audiences 2. Contemporary debates: new political issues and new political communities 3. Networked society: deep mediatization and audience fragmentation 4. Social networks and social movements: rethinking the importance of sexual, gender, and relational diversity 5. Journalism in service of democracy: intersectionality as a working strategy 6. Expression and risk: populism versus democracy and the press's responsibility in (mis)information
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Objectives
Objectives
1) Understand, from a social perspective, the contemporary complexity of mediated communication; 2) Acquire knowledge and literacy regarding contemporary political discussions on gender, sexuality, and racialization within a Human Rights context; 3) Be able to understand and navigate contemporary processes of audience fragmentation and thematic specialization; 4) Be able to comprehend the role of social networks and digital communities in the transformation of journalism; 5) Understand the process of journalistic production within the context of new interpretative communities; 6) Acquire skills to integrate diversity concerns into journalistic practices that promote democracy; 7) Identify and explore the synergies between "slow" journalism and the socio-political construction of new democratic claims; 8) Rethink journalistic practices based on the hypermediated political logics of marginalized groups.
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Teaching methodologies and assessment
Teaching methodologies and assessment
Assynchronous debates through moodle. Brainstorming sessions and joint writing activities.
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References
References
Bennett, T. (2005). Theories of the media, theories of society. Em M. Gurevitch, T. Bennett, J. Curran, & J. Woollacott (Eds.), Culture, society, and the media (pp. 36–51). Routledge. Couldry, N., & Hepp, A. (2017). The mediated construction of reality. Polity Press. Dijk, J. van. (2010). The network society: Social aspects of new media (2.a ed.). Sage Publications. Fleig, A., & Scheve, C. von (Eds.). (2019). Public Spheres of Resonance: Constellations of Affect and Language. Routledge. Maxwell, R., & Miller, T. (2012). Greening the media. Oxford University Press. Silveirinha, M. J. (2005). Democracia deliberativa e reconhecimento: Repensar o espaço político. Em J. C. Correia (Ed.), Comunicação e Política (pp. 147–180). UBI Labcom. Torres da Silva, M. (2014). O Público, a Esfera Pública e a Opinião Pública. Em As Cartas dos Leitores na Imprensa Portuguesa: Uma forma de comunicação e debate do público (pp. 7–48). Livros LabCom
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Office Hours
Office Hours
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Mobility
Mobility
No
