Social communication 1.S3.EPC.30
Course objectives:
Students are to acquire the ability to identify core social and phenomenon, communicative practices and conditioning factors. Emphasis on communication is to develop in students the ability to analyze communication in professional media contexts and to lead conscious life in the information society. The aim is to understand the functioning of professionals within media world relative to students’ future professional engagements.
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Course content
1. Social Communication – definitions
2. Communication and Culture
3. Informal Social Communication
4. Gender and Communication
5. Social Change and Communication
6. Social Communication in Poland
7. Presentations
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Methods of teaching/forms of class activity:
multimedia presentation, discussion, text analysis, project, ICT tools/ MSTeams
Field of study
Student workload
Study level
Education profile
Type of course
obligatory courses
The semester in which the subject is carried out
Mode
Course coordinators
Term 2023/24-Z: | Term 2024/25-Z: | Term 2022/23-Z: |
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes acc to PRK 2019
Knowledge:
Students
1. understand the role English plays as a cognitive means and a tool used for social communication (k_W03/P6S_WG)
2. are aware of the complex nature of linguistic phenomena in social communication (k_W05/P6S_WG)
Skills:
Students
3. can recognize different types of texts in social communication and can perform their critical analysis (k_U02/P6S_UW)
4. can use the English language in a range of topics in social communication in speech (k_U03/P6S_UW) and in writing (k_U04/P6S_UK)
Social competences:
Students
5. can specify the priorities for the implementation of their goals and tasks designated by others in social communication (k_K01/P6S_KK)
6. are able to discern and handle ethical problems and conflicts of interests in the contexts social communication (k_K05/P6S_KR)
7. shape their own views on the basis of the gained general and detailed knowledge in social communicaiton (k_K02/P6S_KK)
Assessment criteria
Forms of evaluation of learning outcomes:
1. Active class participation - 50% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3,4,6,7)
2. A project (with multimedia presentation) - 50% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3,4,5,6)
Pass at 60% of the final grade
Bibliography
Reading list:
J. Carey, Communication as Culture, New York, Abingdon 2009.
L. Festinger, Informal Social Communication, “Psychology Review” 1950, vol. 57(5).
J. Fiske, Introduction to Communication Studies, London, New York 1990.
J. Servaes (ed.), Communication for Development and Social Change, Los Angeles 2008.
C. Spitzack, K. Carter, Women in Communication Studies: A Typology for Revision, “Quarterly Journal Of Speech” 1987, vol. 73(4).
“Social Communication” (online journal).
Additional information
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