Argumentação e Media (not translated)
Code
711011077
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Ciências da Comunicação
Credits
6
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
1. Knowledge of the importance that the argumentative structure has to the news in various media and ability to interpret and interact with this structure, namely:
2. Ability to analyze the arguments presented in the media in its various forms: written press, television, radio and digital media (especially media websites).
3. Capacity to assess the arguments presented in the media in its various formats (as in 1.)
4. Capacity building argumentative texts for the various media.
Prerequisites
Subject matter
1. Elements of Argumentation Theory Applied to the Study of Media
1.1. The notion of a valid argument and the notion of a plausible argument
1.2. The use of statistics in the media arguments
1.3. The use of narratives in the media arguments
1.4. The role of evidence meida arguments
1.5. Notion of Argumentative Schemes and Critical Questions
1.6. Some Argumentative Schemes especially common in arguments in the media
1.7. The idea of an argumentative strategy (convergent arguments, divergent, connected in series and mixed arguments)
1.8. How to evaluate the quality of an argumentation strategy
2. Case Studies
2.1. The argument in some newspapers and magazines (editorial, opinion, reported news)
2.2. Argumentation in some televised debates
2.3. Argumentation in TV interviews
2.4. Argumentation on the Net (the \"Economist Debates\" from \"The Economist\" website
Bibliography
Walton, D. Reed, C. & Macagno, F. Argumentation Schemes, 2008, CUP, Mass.
Walton, D. Media Argumentation
Dialectic, Persuasion and Rhetoric, 2007, CUP, Mass.
Leudar, Ivan; Nekvapil, Jiří Media dialogical networks and political argumentation, Journal of Language and Politics, Volume 3, Number 2, 2004 , pp. 247-266(20)
Teaching method
A mixed methodology will be used: the first part (corresponding to point 1) is mainly of a expository nature, lectured by the teacher, while using several practical examples.
The second part (corresponding to point 2) has a practical nature and involves teachers and students in an effort to apply the acquired knowledge to concrete cases of media argumentation.
Evaluation method