EKIS5160 Investigating Social Media Discourse (5 cr)
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Description
Content
The course gives an overview of social media as sites for everyday language use, communication, (inter)action and cultural activities. In particular focus are informal and interest-driven social media practices. Drawing on sociolinguistics and multimodal discourse analysis, the course offers a theoretical and methodological grounding for investigating social media practices and provides students with tools to analyze how language and other semiotic resources are used in them for specific social and cultural purposes.
Completion methods
Contact teaching: active participation in discussion and activities, group work, presentations and a final report
Assessment criteria
Attendance and participation in discussion and activities (33 %), group work & presentations (33 %), and a final report (33%)
Learning outcomes
After completing this course, the students will
understand social media as sites of language use, communication and (inter)action
have tools to analyse the features, functions and meanings of social media practices
discuss the roles and significance of social media practices in everyday life
Additional information
80 % attendance in classroom practices is required.
Description of prerequisites
Some knowledge of sociolinguistics, the study of multimodality, and discourse studies is useful.
Literature
- A selection of readings will be available on the course moodle site.
Completion methods
Method 1
Participation in teaching (5 cr)
Contact teaching: active participation in discussion and activities, group work, presentations and a final report