According to the Dublin descriptors, the Course
intends to pursue the following aims:
1) Knowledge and understanding:
Understanding complex (written and spoken) texts in
authentic communicative contexts (news and social media)
Understanding the communicative function of texts in
specific, domains.
Knowing the relevant analytical frameworks for the
three modules.
2) Applying knowledge and understanding:
Being able to identify, analyse and interpret
linguistic and semiotic resources which are relevant to specific contexts and
domains (news and social media).
and to use the appropriate tools and statistical
measures which better fit with the necessary quantitative analyses.
3)Making judgements:
Being able to identify, analyse and interpret textual
data within a complex context, and to use the most appropriate and effective
research approach, motivating necessary choices.
4) Communication skills:
Being able to explain and support the various stages
of the analysis and its findings in a structured and clear way, making use of
an appropriate register and style.
5) Learning skills:
Starting
from the knowledge, understanding, and competence developed in the module,
being able to continue the graduate programme in a largely self-directed and
autonomous way.
The module is divided into three sub-modules:
Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) (Prof. Halliday): This
sub-module offers an introduction to CDA for a critical reading and
interpretation of various authentic texts
The Language of Social Media (Prof. Venuti): This sub-module
focuses on the language of social media from a variety of perspectives.
The Language of News Media (Prof. Halliday): This
sub-module focuses on news discourse and specifically on journalism practices.
The
Language of Social Media:
Page, Ruth, Barton, David, Unger, Johann W.,
Zappavigna, Michele 2014 Researching Language and Social Media. A Student
Guide, London Routledge, pp. 201.
Krendel, A., McGlashan, M., & Koller, V.
(forthcoming 2022). The representation of gendered social actors across five
manosphere communities on Reddit. Corpora, 17(2), pp.25.
Leppänen, Sirpa and Tapionkaski, Sanna 2021
“Doing gender and sexuality intersectionally in multimodal social media
practices” in Jo Angouri and Juduth Baxter (eds), The Routledge Handbook of
Language, Gender, and Sexuality, London: Routledge, pp. 543-556.
Varis, Pila 2021 “Digital
ethnography in the study of language, gender, and sexuality”, in Jo Angouri and
Juduth Baxter (eds), The Routledge Handbook of Language, Gender, and Sexuality,
London: Routledge, pp. 164-177.
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