Base Knowledge
N/A
Teaching Methodologies
It will be used in this curricular unit an expository methodology, taking as its starting point the theoretical foundations of the discipline. This methodology will be complemented by the illustration of the theoretical principles from the use of empirical data. Use will be made of recent scientific articles that demonstrate the applicability of the theory to concrete situations. Students will be able to choose the form of Periodic Assessment (a written test, weighting 70%, and a practical assignment, weighting 30%) or Examination. There is a minimum grade of 8.0 values in each of the elements of the Periodic Assessment for approval in the course. The Exam Assessment will consist of a written test on all subjects, which will constitute 100% of the final grade.
Learning Results
It is intended that, once the curricular unit is completed, the student:
A) Understand the phenomenon of communication in a social perspective
B) Acquire an integrated theoretical perspective on the main research topics of the discipline
C) Demonstrate the ability to apply this knowledge in solving research problems and performing communication practices (in the context of different professional activities in this area).
Program
The sociology of communication as science.
Public opinion processes and the issue of media effects.
The Objectivist Perspective of Media Effects 1: Total Effects
The Objectivist Perspective of Media Effects 2: Limited Effects
Cognitive effects of the media: critical perspective.
Curricular Unit Teachers
Grading Methods
- - Written test - 100.0%
- - Written test - 70.0%
- - Practical work - 30.0%
Internship(s)
NAO
Bibliography
CARDOSO; G. (org.), A Sociedade dos Ecrãs, Lisboa, Tinta da China, 2013.
ESTEVES, J. Pissarra (Org.), Comunicação e Sociedade, Lisboa, Livros Horizonte, 2002
ESTEVES, JP, Sociologia da Comunicação, Lisboa, FCG, 2011.
ESTEVES, JP, Comunicação Política e Democracia, Coimbra, Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, 2018.
FERREIRA, G. B., Sociologia dos Novos Media, Covilhã, Labcom, 2018.
FUCHS, C. Critical Theory of Communication: New Readings of Lukács, Adorno, Marcuse, Honneth and Habermas in the Age of the Internet, University of Westminster Press, 2016.
SAPERAS, E., Os Efeitos Cognitivos da Comunicação de Massa, Porto, Asa, 1993