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Sociology of Communication

Sociology of Communication

Code	17498
Year	1
Semester	S2
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	TP(45H)
Scientific area	Communication Sciences
Entry requirements	Not applicable.
Mode of delivery	TP
Learning outcomes	It is intended that student: understands the importance of communication in the social construction of reality. List proposals for defining communication and media. Understand the dynamics of the Communication/Media/Society relationship and have a sociological perspective on communication. Understand the historical path and main theoretical and methodological arguments of the various Communication Schools of Thought. Thus, we intend to stimulate the student's ability to argue, to understand the issues under analysis, within the stated theoretical framework, considered essential for the progress of their knowledge. We aim to adopt a reflective and critical attitude towards the way we operate in the areas of communication. We question the ethical limits of exercising the profession, demonstrating a critical sense in the application of theories and in the practical exercise of some tasks related to the area under study.
Syllabus	1. Sociology and Communication: the return to the Founders. 2. The emergence of communication as a sociological issue. 3. Theoretical and analytical frameworks of the sociology of communication. 4. The first theories about the construction of meaning in the social world. 4.1 The Chicago School: John Dewey and Robert Park. 5. Introduction to the study of sociology and the sociology of communication. Sociology and Sociology of Communication: an epistemological and taxonomic approach to the place of communication in sociological analysis. 6. The classic theories of the Sociology of Communication. 7. Media and society: the effects of the media on the social world. 7.1 Symbolic interactionism. 7.2 Media, effects and public opinion: Lazarsfeld and mass communication research. 8. The Cultural Turn in Media Research. 8.1 Reception studies. 8.2 Cultural studies: communication and sub-cultures.
Main Bibliography	Bourdieu, P. 2004. Questões de sociologia. Fim de Século Edições. Cardoso G. 2023. A comunicação da comunicação: As pessoas são a mensagem. Mundos Sociais. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/31443 Dias, Fernando Nogueira, 2018, Comunicação é fogo - os segredos do desenvolvimento social e humano. Chiado Books. Esteves, J.P. (org.) (2002). Comunicação e sociedade. Lisboa: Livros Horizonte. Esteves, J.P. 2016. Sociologia da Comunicação, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. F.& J. L. Garcia. 2019. Escola de Chicago do pensamento social: comunicação e comunidade, In: J. L. Garcia, & H. Martins (ed.). Lições de Sociologia clássica : Edições 70: 373-421. Erik Neveu, 2005. Sociologia do jornalismo, Porto Editora. Erik Neveu, 2011. Une société de communication?, Editora LGDJ. Hodkinson, Paul. 2017 Media, Culture and Society: An Introduction, 2ª edição, Zuboff, S. 2020 [ 2018]. A Era do Capitalismo da Vigilância. A Disputa por um Futuro Humano na Nova Fronteira do, Lisboa, Relógio d` Água.
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.