Intercultural Communication
Code
722001027
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Sociologia
Credits
10
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
1. To theoretically reflect on the norms and standards which govern the communicative practices, while taking them as culturally determined and as fundamental aspects in understanding the processes of identity (re)construction.
2. To recognise discourses as parts of the processes of self-representation and representation of the \"other.\"
3. To discuss in the context of the plurality of contemporary productions, the receptions, readings and appropriations which govern and mediate the relationship between individuals.
4. To evaluate the role of the media as agents of cohesion, support and/or exclusion and demarcation of identity by the different migrant communities in Portugal.
Prerequisites
None
Subject matter
1. The origins of the sociological concept of communication.
2. The fileds of production and dissemination of intercultural communication: agents, media and contents.
3. Communication, Culture and intercultural communication: perspectives and readings.
4. Visibility and invisibility: strategies for affirmation and/or concealment of identity in the public space.
5. The perspectives of production and of reception. encounters, negotiations, consumptions and appropriations.
6. The different scales of production and reception: contemporary porosities between the global and the local.
7. Media coverage of migration issues and ethnicity. The discourses about the \"other\": representations and dominant discourses.
8. the mediatisation of migration and ethnicity: minority media or the voices of the \"other\".
9. New spaces and virtual communities: cyberspace and contemporary migrations.
Bibliography
Askew, K., R. Wilk (eds) (2002) The Anthropology of Media: a reader, Massachusetts/Oxford, Blackwell.
Downing, J., C. Husband (2005) Research on racism, ethnicity and media, in Downing, J., Husband, C., Representing Race. Racisms, Ethnicities and Media, London, Sage, pp. 25-59.
Ginsburg, F., L. Abu-Lughod and B. Larkin (eds) (2002) Media Worlds, Berkeley/Los Angeles/London, University of California Press.
Silverstone, R., Hirsch, E. (eds.) (1994) Consuming Technologies: Media and Information in Domestic Space, London, Routledge.
Riggins, S. (1992) Ethnic Minority Media. An International Perspective, Newbury Park/London/New Delhi, Sage.
Sreberny-Mohammadi, A., Mohammadi, A. (1994) Small Media, Big Revolution. Communication, Culture and the Iranian Revolution, Minneapolis/London, University of Minnesota Press, pp 3-40.
Teaching method
The sessions present a mixed composition: expository sessions, entirely held by the teachers; sessions that combine expository teaching (first part of the session) with presentations of the students on the various themes of the programme. This methodology is expected to promote and increase the participation and critical debate in sessions, inviting students to become actively involved in the preparation of the proposed topics.
Evaluation method
The evaluation has three moments:
1st moment: individual or group (maximum two people) presentation in class - 20% (15-20 minutes).
2nd moment: individual or group exercise (written report of the oral presentation) - 20% (700 words).
3rd time: individual written assignment (topic of student interest) - 60% (1500 words).