Medialinguistics. Internet-linguistics

Course: English Communication Studies and Two Western European Languages (викладання іноземними мовами)”

Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Title
Medialinguistics. Internet-linguistics
Code
ВК.1.04
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2023/2024
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
3 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
PLO 16. Use specialized conceptual knowledge in English, modern linguistics, literary theory, translation theory to solve complex tasks and problems that require updating and integrating knowledge, often in conditions of incomplete/insufficient information and conflicting requirements. PLO 17. Plan, organize, carry out and present research and/or innovative developments in the field of English language, English-language literature, translation (working languages ​​– English and Ukrainian). PLO 18. Present the results of your research to the scientific community in scientific publications or speeches at conferences, round tables, seminars, etc. PLO 19.1. To know the trends of functioning of the English language in the modern world, in mass media, in virtual space, features of regional and social variations of the English language. And also PLO 20.1. - 23.1, 25.1 - 27.1.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Knowledge of the theoretical foundations of linguistics at the level of bachelor of philology programs (general linguistics, theoretical phonetics, lexicology, theoretical grammar, stylistics), the ability to carry out linguistic analysis within each discipline.
Course content
The course is aimed at providing students with knowledge about the peculiarities of the formation and functioning of the modern communicative space in English-speaking countries, about the rating and peculiarities of the development and functioning of media types in the 21st century, about the formation of the verbal part of messages for the mass media, about the peculiarities of the use of the modern English language, about the role of the ideological component of modern Mass media, the use of manipulative technologies in the mass media, the role of the media in the development of modern society, the active position of citizens, about the fragmentation of the audience taking into account a number of socio-cultural factors, the role of social media in the modern world, the use of modern journalistic technologies.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
New Media, Old News. Journalism and Democracy in the Digital Age.- ed. by Natalie Fenton, SAGE, 2010.- 233p. Ploug, Thomas Ethics in Cyberspace. How Cyberspace May Influence Interpersonal Interaction .- Springer, 2009. Douglas Walton Media Argumentation. Dialectic, Persuasion, and Rhetoric.- Cambridge Univ. Press, 2007.- 406p Danesi, Marcel Dictionary of Media and Comunications. – M. E. Sharpe, 2009.- 349p. Matheson, Donald Media Discourses. Issues in Cultural and Media Studies. – Open University Press, 2005. - 219p.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Educational activities during the semester: lectures, seminars, analytical multimedia presentations, independent work, control work, assessment.
Assessment methods and criteria
Semester assessment: • the maximum number of points during the semester is 80 points, • analytical multimedia presentations: PLO 1.1–1.2, 2.1–2.2, 3.1-3.2 – 80 points • the maximum number of points for the control work – 20 points, • PLO 1.1–3.2 is estimated
Language of instruction
English

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Alla Dmitrivna Bielova
Department of English Philology and Intercultural Communication
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of English Philology and Intercultural Communication
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology