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Sociological Theories of Mass Communication

ВБ1.06

Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП

Second

2021/2022

4 Semester

4

1.1 Be able to analyze the problems of communication: the historicity of communication. Different meanings of communication. Know the ontology of mass communication. 1.2 Know the psychological, semiotic, sociological spheres of the study of social communication. 1.3 Know how to manage information flows, using the model of J. Habermas on the public sphere. 2.1 Be able to interpret the concept of "mass" in concepts, theories, paradigms: "mass" society, "mass" man, mass culture. 2.2 Be able to distinguish methods of influencing socio-psychological processes as a context of perception of textual reality (the role of attention, perception, perception or social perception in the media, emotions, thinking) 3 Autonomously analyze media texts for the presence of ideologues and propaganda. 4 Independently carry out conceptual understanding of modern media (joint presentation session based on presentations).

Full-time form

1. Know modern theoretical developments in the field of media. 2. Be able to analyze information.

1 The problem of communication: the historicity of communication. Different meanings of communication. Ontology of mass communication. 2 Philosophical, psychological, semiotic, sociological spheres of studying social communication (you have an unlimited choice of theories, it is important to choose those that can be used to explain modern phenomena) 3 Interpretation of the concept of "mass" in concepts, theories, paradigms: "mass" society, "mass" man, mass culture 4 Socio-psychological processes as a context of perception of textual reality (the role of attention, perception, perception or social perception in the media, emotions, thinking ...) 5 Information flow management. J. Habermas and the concept of the public sphere. Media and politics. 6 Network theory. Manuel Castells' theory of information capitalism and the space of flows. 7 Ideology and propaganda. 8 Conceptual understanding of modern media (joint presentation session based on presentations).

1. Наndbooks of Media and Mass Communication Theory. https://www.academia.edu/19196822/The_Handbook_of_Media_and_Mass_Communication_Theory 2. The Handbook of Media and Mass Communication Theory https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781118591178 3. Henry Jenkins, Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide. New York: NYU Press, 2006.- P.3-30. 4. Vandenberghe F. Neo-classical sociology: The prospect of social theory today // European j. of social theory.-L.,2016.- Vol.19, № 1.- P. 3-20. 5. Hochman N. The social media image // Big data and society. – Los Angeles (CA), 2014. Vol. 1, N 2 – P. 1-15. 6. Shulz M. S. Debating futures: Global trends, alternative and public discourse // International sociology. - Thousand Oaks (CA) 2016. - Vol.31, № 1.-P. 3-20. 7. Furedi F. Moral panic and reading: Early elite anxieties about the media effect // Cultural sociology. - L., 2016. - Vol. 10, № 4.- P. 523-537.

Lecture, seminar, independent work

1. Individual presentation at seminars during the semester (topics 1-8): PH 1.1, PH 1.2, PH 1.3, PH 2.1, PH 2.2, PH 4. - 20 points (12 minimum) 2. Presentation of the research project RN 3., RN 4 -20 points (12 minimum) 3. Test work (topics 1-6) PH 1.1, PH 1.2, PH 1.3, PH 2.1. - 20 points (12 minimum) final assessment in the form of an exam PH 1.1, PH 1.2, PH 1.3, PH 2.1, PH 2.2, PH 3, PH 4. The maximum score for the exam is 40 points and the minimum must not be less than 24 points. The written exam consists of two types of tasks. The first task is a test for 20 questions, the second task is formed in the form of an open question.

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