Argument and Narrative Structures

Code:

CC002

Acronym:

AEN

Instance: 2010/2011 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Journalism and Communication Sciences
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Communication Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
CC	18	Plano Oficial a partir de 2008/2009	3	-	5	52	135

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

| understand the classical narratives and their conceptualisation in online media
| reflect and discuss the processes of virtualisation in hypermedia contexts
| reflect and discuss the cognitive processes of understanding online contents
| analyse online and offline hypermedia products, providing for their conceptual deconstruction
| understand the (journalistic) discourse for the new media: argument, script and storyboard
| prepare intermediate assignments and a final argument assignment
| encourage research and the creation of new interactive narrative paradigms
| encourage and experience interactive communicational processes online

Program

| hypertext and hypermedia
| virtualisation and hypermedia narratives
| transdisciplinarity in the conception of interactive journalistic contents
| interactivity: narrative, guidance and intelligence
| psychological values (cognitive, affective and motivational) in the analysis of interactive processes
| written argument with new narrative structures

Mandatory literature

Vouillamoz, Núria; Literatura e Hipermedia, Paidós PC, 2000
Pierre Lévy; O que é o Virtual?, Cátedra, 2001

Complementary Bibliography

Sherry Turkle; A Vida no Écrã, Relógio D'Água, 1997
Júlio Cortázar; Rayuela, Cátedra, 2000
Castells, Manuel e Ince, Martin; Conversas com Manuel Castells, Campo das Letras, 2003

Teaching methods and learning activities

| theory-practical classes using case studies for analysis and discussion in class or in groups
| use of the microblogging service (Twitter)
| use of an online virtual world (SecondLife) to explore visual narratives within the U.Porto – experiences of face-to-face teaching and distance learning
| prepare intermediate opinion assignment and on the analysis of existing products (individual)
| prepare argument assignment, to be submitted at the end of the semester (individual or in groups)

Software

Second Life
Adobe Premiere
Adobe Photoshop
Browser (Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox)

keywords

Humanities > Literature > Writing
Social sciences > Communication sciences > Audiovisual communication

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	52,00
	Trabalho escrito	18,00
	Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese	30,00
	Teste	35,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

Attending 75% of classes, unless established otherwise by law.
Calculation of final grade
a | attendance and participation | 25%
b | submission of theory exercises over the semester | 25%
c | end of semester assignment | 50%

(note: the various assessment parameters are cumulative and mandatory)

Calculation formula of final grade

Not applicable

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

In accordance with the regulations of the Faculty of Arts