Paradigms and Issues in Communication and Information

Code:

DCCI01

Acronym:

PPCI

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Communication Sciences

Instance: 2024/2025 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Communication and Information Sciences
Course/CS Responsible:	3rd Cycle of Studies in Communication and Information Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
DCCI	13	study plan	1	-	12	81	324

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

1. Identify, characterize and systematize the main paradigms that constitute the field of Communication and its dynamic relationship with Information, considering the growing impact of technological mediation;


2. to accomplish individual and shared literature reviews and reflections on relevant topics in the field Communication, with special emphasis on technological mediation in close relationship with the info-communicational process;


3. know the epistemological framework and the working methods and tools adopted at the SC.

Learning outcomes and competences

1. Update and deepen students' knowledge on key scientific and epistemological paradigms that influence current research in the area of Communication and Information Sciences;


2. Develop the knowledge and skills of students with the resources and tools to search, retrieval and sharing and communication of scientific information that are offered throughout the course.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Not applicable.

Program

1. From General Epistemology to Practical Epistemology


2. Conceptual contrast: T. Kuhn's Paradigm and I. Lakatos' Research Program


3. The Complexity and Technological macro paradigms and the disciplinary paradigms or “microparadigms”


4. Operational concepts: communication; information; cognition/knowledge; infosphere or space of flows; mediation/mediations; interaction/interactivity; digital platform; Information system


5. Modalities of knowledge construction: multi or pluri, inter and transdisciplinarity


6. Identifiable paradigms and paradigmatic undefinition


7. Other impacts in the field: Information Theory. or Communication Mathematics Theory; Cybernetics, General Information and Communication Theory, Systems General Theory, Networks General Theory; Media Theory; Ecology of the Media; and Media Convergence


8. Research agenda(s) and reflections on the “Age of Artificial Intelligence” and the human future

Mandatory literature

António Machuco Rosa; Cinco lições sobre comunicação, redes e tecnologias da informação. ISBN: 972-699-843-3
Castells, M. ; The Information Age. Economy, Society and Culture, Blackwell, 2000
Epstein, I. ; Teoria da Informação, Editora Ática, 1988
Floridi, L.; The 4th Revolution, Oxford Univ. Press, 2014
Imre Lakatos; The^methodology of scientific research programmes. ISBN: 0-521-28031-1
James Gleick; Informação. ISBN: 978-989-644-172-2
Jensen, Klaus Bruhn; Media convergence. ISBN: 978-0-415-48204-2
Martino, L. M.; Teoria das Mídias Digitais: linguagens, ambientes e redes., Vozes, 2015
Morin, E. ; Introdução ao pensamento complexo, Instituto Piaget, 1995
Paviani, J ; Epistemologia Prática: ensino e conhecimento científico., EDUCS., 2009
Robert Escarpit; Théorie générale de l.information et de la communication. ISBN: 2-01-003767-7

Teaching methods and learning activities

Classes have an expository component, which is articulated with the debate in class, raised by readings of fundamental texts on the various points of the program. Theoretical discussion is stimulated, since this CU provides a general framework for the study cycle and problematizes the fundamentals of the main scientific area of the SC.

The evaluation intends, on the one hand, to explore with students the paradigms and problems inherent to the disciplinary (and interdisciplinary) field in focus and, on the other hand, to encourage each student to present a work in the form of an article in which he seeks to establish a clear epistemological and applicational relationship between a topic of his interest and the subjects of this CU.

Based on this, the assessment includes the following components:

1) Preparation, presentation and discussion of the work: 85%

2) Participation in the discussions in the face-to-face sessions: 15%

keywords

Social sciences > Communication sciences > Audiovisual communication
Social sciences > Communication sciences > Media studies
Social sciences > Communication sciences
Social sciences > Communication sciences > On-line information services

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	15,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	85,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Frequência das aulas	39,00
Trabalho de investigação	160,00
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	1,50
Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese	50,00
Estudo autónomo	50,00
Trabalho escrito	23,50
Total:	324,00

Eligibility for exams

Mandatory attendance in at least 50% of classes.

Calculation formula of final grade

FC= (PW x 0,85) + (CP x 0,15)


FC - final classification

CP - Class Participation
PW - Paper Work (Written Work, Oral Presentation and discussion)

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable.

Internship work/project

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable.

Classification improvement

The improvement of the classification can only be obtained in the written work component, through its reformulation.