Class New Expressions of Communication

This curricular unit intends to be a space for reflection on the impact of media on societies and culture and on the current emerging paradigms in human-human and human-computer interaction. The areas of intervention include contemporary perspectives on new media, digital communication challenges, online activism, democracy and human rights, visual journalism, webdocumentary and big data. Based on these contents, it is expected that students can develop critical reflections for developing research work within the scope of the Ph.D. in Communication and Activism.

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1. Fundamentals of New Media 1.1. Current and emerging interaction paradigms; 1.2. Interface, information and communication 2. Algorithmic Culture 2.1 Impact of New Media and Algorithms on Society; 2.2 Algorithmic culture, Convergence, Participation, and Productivity 3. Challenges of Digital Communication 3.1 Experience, Engagement, and Motivation; 3.2 “Big data” and determining Experience 4. New communication expressions and Journalism 4.1. From the crisis(s) of Journalism to emerging models; 4.2. Journalism, democracy and Human Rights; 4.3. New Media, online activism and Journalism. 5. Emerging Communication and Journalism Models 5.1 From crowdfunding to sponsorship; 5.1.1. Collaborative projects and Investigative Journalism 5.1.2. “Crowdsourcing” 5.2. New journalistic expressions: 5.2.1. Visual journalism, web documentaries, and the evolution of reporting in a digital environment; 5.2.2 "Big data", “data journalism” and the current challenges to investigative journalism.

Creative learning will be promoted, reinforcing the dialogue between theory and practice, including analysing case studies and developing research related to the doctoral student's interest. 

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