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Kar

Társadalomtudományi Kar

Szervezet

TÁTK Szociológia Tanszék

Kód

ESZOCBA65

Cím

Sociology of Communication

Tervezett félév

Tavaszi

ECTS

4

Nyelv

Oktatás célja

The course introduces students to some of the communication-related topics of sociology, and some sociological attempts to address communication-related phenomena discussed by other social sciences as well. After an introduction to certain fundamental concepts of communication science and associated philosophical theories, the seminar addresses both the micro- and the macro-level social aspects of communication-related phenomena.

Tantárgy tartalma

1. Informations about the course; foundations I.: what is communication? John Fiske: Introduction to communication studies. Second edition. London -- New York: Routledge, 1990. Introduction, Ch. 1-3. (pp.1-63.) 2. Foundations II.: basic communication models; language, speech act, discourse Nicolas Xanthos: Wittgenstein's Language Games. 2006. http://www.signosemio.com/wittgenstein/language-games.asp Kent Bach: Speech Acts. In: Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 1998. https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/thematic/speech-acts/v-1. Michel Foucault: The Discourse of Language. In: Burke -- Crowley -- Girvin (eds.): The Routledge Language and Cultural Theory Reader. London: Routledge, 2001. pp. 231-240. [1970] 3. The social preconditions of communication George Herbert Mead: Mind, Self and Society from the Standpoint of a Social Behaviorist. The University of Chicago Press, 1972. pp. 144-173, 253-273. [1934] Alfred Schutz: The Stranger. In: Collected Papers vol. II. Studies in Social Theory. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1964. pp. 91-105. [1944] 4. Attention I. Péter Bodor -- Anikó Illés: Possibilities of analyzing visual conduct with an eyetracker device: searching for visual dialects. Poznań Studies in Contemporary Linguistics 44(2), 2008, pp. 197–213 Erving Goffman: Face engagements. In: Behavior in public spaces. New York: The Free Press. 1966. pp. 83-111. Eviatar Zerubavel: Hidden in plain sight. The social structure of irrelevance. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. Ch. 4 and 5. (pp. 49-93.) 5. Interaction Erving Goffman: The Interaction Order. Sociological Review, Vol. 48 no. 1, 1983, pp.1-17. Erving Goffman: Role Distance. In: Encounters. Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books Ltd. 1961. pp.73-134. Erving Goffman: Strategic Interaction. In: Strategic Interaction. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.1969. pp. 83-145 6. Signs and language; class relations Basil Bernstein: Social class, language and socialization. In: Burke -- Crowley -- Girvin (eds.): The Routledge Language and Cultural Theory Reader. London: Routledge, 2001. pp. 448-455. [1970] William Labov: The logic of non-standard english. In: Burke -- Crowley -- Girvin (eds.): The Routledge Language and Cultural Theory Reader. London: Routledge, 2001. pp. 456-466. [1969] Pierre Bourdieu: The production and reproduction of legitimate language. In: Burke -- Crowley -- Girvin (eds.): The Routledge Language and Cultural Theory Reader. London: Routledge, 2001. pp. 467-477. [1982] John J. Gumperz -- Stephen C. Levinson: Introduction: linguistic relativity re-examined. In: Gumperz -- Levinson (eds.): Rethinking linguistic relativity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. pp. 1-18. Roland Barthes: Rhetoric of the image. In: Image, music, text. New York: Hill and Wang, 1977. pp. 32-51. 7. The public sphere Jürgen Habermas: The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. 1991. [1962] Pierre Bourdieu: The Public Opinion Does Not Exist. In: Armand Mattelart -- Seth Siegelaub (eds.): Communication and Class Struggle, vol.1. New York: International General. 1979. pp. 124-130. 8-9. Journalism and the news (Attention II.) Michael Schudson: The Sociology of News. New York, London: W.W. Norton & Co. 2003. pp.1-32. Pierre Bourdieu: On Television. In: On Television. New York: The Free Press. 1998. pp.10-67. James Curran: The Future of Journalism. In: Media and Democracy. London, New York: Routledge. 2011. pp.111-120. Elihu Katz -- Paul F. Lazarsfeld: Personal Influence. In: Bernard Berelson -- Morris Jonowitz (eds.): Reader in Public Opinion and Communication. 2nd ed. New York: The Free Press. 1966. pp. 446-454. Anthony Downs: Up and down with ecology -- the "issue-attention cycle". The Public Interest, 28: 38-50. 1972. Nikosz Fokasz: Evergreens, sensations and the rest. Review of Sociology 14: (1) pp. 5-24. 10. Mass media, technology and the internet Niklas Luhmann: The Reality of the Mass Media. James Curran: Technology foretold. In: Media and Democracy. London, New York: Routledge. 2011. pp. 99-110. Manuel Castells: The Internet Galaxy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. pp. 1-8., 36-61. Christian Fuchs: Social Internet Dynamics. In: Internet and Society. Social Theory in the Information Age. New York, London: Routledge, 2008. pp. 121-140. 11-12. The information society Daniel Bell: The Social Framework of Information Society. In: Dertoozos, M. L., Moses, J. (eds.): The Computer Age: A 20 Year View. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1979. pp. 500-549. Manuel Castells: The Information Age. Economy, Society, and Culture. Volume I: The Rise of the Network Society. 2nd ed. London: Blackwell, 2010  [1996] Manuel Castells: Materials for an explanatory theory of the network society. British Journal of Sociology, Vol. 51 Issue 1, 2000. pp. 5-24 Krishan Kumar: The Information Society. In: From Post-Industrial to Post-Modern Society. Oxford, Cambridge: Blackwell. 1995. pp. 6-35. 13. Written examination

Számonkérés és értékelés

The final grade is based on the result of the written examination. The exam will cover the topics discussed during the class and the contents of the required readings. Students are expected to participate in the class. Active contribution is rewarded by plus points.

Irodalomjegyzék

See above.

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