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Presentation
Presentation
Basic theoretical preparation for the study of communication.
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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
2 | Mandatory | Português
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Code
Code
ULHT449-1421
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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 Genealogy of media concept: meaning and object of a media theory. Technical devices and its discourse: form antiquity to present day. The greek problem: Plato and writing, Aristotle and the concept of «techne». Media, discourse, reality: media and power; media and suspicion; media and simulacra; remediation. II Marxist media critique: Walter Benjamin: media and art; T.W Adorno: Culture industries; Günther Anders: world in images; Hans Magnus Enzensberger: media and mobilization. III The Canadian School of Media: Harold A. Innis: time and space; Eric A. Havelock: the Greek inheritance; Marshall McLuhan: the extensions of body. IV Contemporary Media Theory: Niklas Luhmann: medium and form; Jean Baudrillard: the decline of the real; Paul Virilio: excess and velocity; Boris Groys: the submedial; Friedrich Kittler: the post-human; Sloterdijk: «actio in distans»; Virtual reality and the immersive experience; AI as an instrument: a non-place; AI: Thought Logging and the problem of translation.
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Objectives
Objectives
a) distinguish medium (media) and technology; b) describe technically mediated experience; c) apply knowledge critically and argumentatively to the current situation; d) identify the main paradigms in thinking mediation; e) to produce a critical judgment about media in a creative context; f) recognize how media shapes culture; g) know the genealogy of the media and how a theory of the media is possible; h) recognize the 'media reality'; i) identify differences and antitheses between different theoretical positions; j) develop a critical position on the history of the media; k) be acquainted about the relations between the media and society; l) determine the impact of the media on the arts and aesthetics; m) identify political strategies made possible by media; n) identify research branches in media studies; o) be able to build a systematic argumentative discourse on the relationships between culture, art, media and reality.
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Teaching methodologies
Teaching methodologies
Oral exposal class; hermeneutics and textual heuristics; public discussion of arguments; visual support material. This course includes a mentoring programme that will run over four two-hour sessions during the semester.
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References
References
Chalmers, D. J. (2022). Reality+: Virtual worlds and the problems of philosophy. Allen Lane Bengtsson, S., Ericson, S., & Stiernstedt, F. (Eds.). (2024). Classics in media theory. Routledge. Kopecka-Piech, K., & Bolin, G. (Eds.). (2023). Contemporary challenges in mediatisation research. Routledge. López, A., Ivakhiv, A., & Rust, S. (Eds.). (2024). The Routledge handbook of ecomedia studies. Routledge. Tumber, H., & Waisbord, S. (Eds.). (2024). The Routledge companion to media disinformation and populism. Routledge
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Assessment
Assessment
Descrição
Data limite
Ponderação
Exame de frequência
Data a definir no início do semestre
60%
Apresentações orais (interligadas com o programa de mentoria)
Data a definir no início do semestre
10%
Apresentação oral final
Data a definir no início do semestre
30%
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Mobility
Mobility
No
