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Presentation
Presentation
UC that works on the mediatized public sphere
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Class from course
Class from course
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Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Bachelor | Semestral | 5
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Year | Nature | Language
Year | Nature | Language
1 | Mandatory | Português
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Code
Code
ULP1652-10493
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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
I. PUBLIC SPACE, COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC OPINION The Constitution of the modern public space: history and analysis. Public space and public opinion. Modes of formation of public opinion and of the public. The plurality of public spaces. II. MEDIA AND SOCIETY Mass society, the mass media and consumer society Massification and diversification. Media, economic and social powers fields. Journalism: tradition and innovation. Media in a deep mediatized society III. MEDIA CONFIGURATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF COLLECTIVE MEMORY The operativity of the narratives. Construction and transmission media processes of collective memory. IV. THEORIES OF THE EVENT AND THE PUBLIC PROBLEM Event. The agenda setting. V. SOCIETY, NEW MEDIA AND PUBLIC SPACES New media and the transformations in contemporary public spaces. Distance and communication. New cultures of opinion. New media and (new) social expressions
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Objectives
Objectives
Understand the theories of public space in the modern Western societies, tracing a theoretical and conceptual framework that allows to analyze and discuss the forms of the public, the communication phenomena and the multitude of public spaces in contemporary societies. Know the theoretical perspectives of Sociology of the media, the public and the public. Integrate knowledge of communication sciences and the social sciences in the analysis of the news media. Analysis of mass communication and its impact on the formation of public opinion. It is intended in this Curriculum Unit that students will be able to develop: Capacity for analysis and reflection on the communication and the public space. Ability to analyze the role of the media in modern society. Develop skills of analysis and research to the work of data collection, establishment of a corpus and analysis.
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Teaching methodologies and assessment
Teaching methodologies and assessment
Debates ans critical discussion in class
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References
References
ABRANTES, J.C. e DAYAN, D. (org.) (2006). Televisão: das audiências aos públicos. Lisboa: Livros Horizonte. BABO, I. (2015). Espectadores e públicos activos. Vega: Lisboa. BABO-LANÇA, I. (2006). A configuração dos acontecimentos públicos. Coimbra: Edições Minerva. BRITES, M.J. (2017). Young people and daily life contexts of news appropriation. Cuadernos.info, 40, 123-136. doi: 10.7764/cdi.40.1059 CASTELLS, M. (2002). A era da informação: Economia, Sociedade e cultura. A sociedade em rede. Vol. 1. Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. ESTEVES, J. P. (org.), (2002). Comunicação e Sociedade, Lisboa: Livros Horizonte. FRASER, N. (1990). Rethinking the Public Sphere: A Contribution to the Critique of Actually Existing Democracy. Social Text, 25/26, 56-80. HABERMAS, J., Lennox, S., & Lennox, F. (1974). The Public Sphere: An Encyclopedia Article (1964). New German Critique, 3 (Autumn, 1974), 49-55. MAIGRET, E. (2015). Sociologie de la communication et des médias. Armand Colin: Paris.
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Office Hours
Office Hours
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Mobility
Mobility
No
