Argument and Narrative Structures

Code:

CC002

Acronym:

AEN

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Communication Sciences

Instance: 2014/2015 - 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	17	CC - Study Plan	3	-	6	46	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

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

Learning outcomes and competences

| understand the expression technics and the creative scripting | understand the specific tools and structures of the storytelling

Working method

Presencial

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

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

keywords

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

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	20,00
Teste	30,00
Trabalho laboratorial	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	80,00
Frequência das aulas	48,00
Trabalho laboratorial	34,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Attending 75% of classes, unless established otherwise by law.

Calculation formula 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, and in all of them the evaluation should be equal ou better then 10 points)

Examinations or Special Assignments

All students who meet the conditions for the tests in the special season to complete the course (September) should present a practical work defined with the teacher until the end of July.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

In accordance with the regulations of the Faculty of Arts