ZUR582 Discourse Analysis of Media

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Kirkosová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Pavelka, CSc.
Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Bc. Pavlína Brabcová
Supplier department: Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Mon 10:00–11:40 Studio 527
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 10 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/10, only registered: 0/10
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main goal of this course is to make students familiar with a few chosen models of discourse analysis and conversation analysis (we will work with models elaborated by Norman Fairclough, James Paul Gee, Theo Van Leeuwen, Stephen C. Levinson), which means both explaining main principles and strategies of each one of the models and teaching students the correct application of them on various media texts. The course is divided into three parts. In the first part, we will concern on theory and will talk about concepts like discourse, social constructivism, ideology and hegemony; this should give us solid background for analysis. In the second part, we will deal with various models of DA and CA and will examine their postulates, techniques and ways of application. The third part is fully devoted to practical training and using the models in one’s own analytical work.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction.
    2. Analyzing media texts: introduction of various approaches to text analysis and comparison.

    Part I: Theoretical background.
    3. Discourse; special characteristics of media discourse.
    4. Social constructivism; ideology and hegemony.

    Part II: Models of textual analysis.
    5. Discourse analysis / Teun A. van Dijk 6. Discourse analysis / Noman Fairclough
    7. Discourse analysis / Ruth Wodak
    8. Discourse analysis / James Paul Gee
    9. Conversation analysis
    10. Reception theory

    Part III: Working with DA and CA models.
    11.-12. Examples and training.
Literature
  • VAN LEEUWEN, Theo. Discourse and Practice: New Tools for Critical Discourse Analysis. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008, 192 pp. ISBN 978-0-19-532331-3. info
  • GEE, James Paul. An introduction to discourse analysis: theory and method. New York: Routledge, 2005, 224 pp. ISBN 978-0-415-32861-6. info
  • CLAYMAN, Steven and John HERITAGE. The news interview: journalists and public figures on the air. Cambridge: Cambridge university press, 2002, 384 pp. ISBN 978-0-521-01191-4. info
  • Methods of critical discourse analysis. Edited by Ruth Wodak - Michael Meyer. 1st pub. London: SAGE Publications, 2001, viii, 200. ISBN 0761961542. info
  • BERGER, Peter L. and Thomas LUCKMANN. Sociální konstrukce reality :pojednání o sociologii vědění. Translated by Jiří Svoboda. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 1999, 214 s. ISBN 80-85959-46-1. info
  • Approaches to media discourse. Edited by Allan Bell - Peter Garrett. Malden: Blackwell, 1998, xii, 287. ISBN 0631198881. info
  • VAN DIJK, Teun A. Ideology: A Multidisciplinary Approach. London: Sage Publications, 1998, 384 pp. ISBN 978-0-7619-5655-6. info
  • FAIRCLOUGH, Norman. Media discourse. 1st pub. London: Hodder Arnold, 1995, viii, 214. ISBN 0340588896. info
  • FAIRCLOUGH, Norman. Discourse and social change. Cambridge, MA: Polity Press, 1992, 259 p. ISBN 9780745612188. info
  • THOMPSON, John B. Ideology and modern culture :critical social theory in the era of mass communication. Cambridge: Polity Press, 1990, viii, 362. ISBN 0-7456-0082-4. info
Assessment methods
Active participation in discussion, reading required texts, homeworks, final essay.
Language of instruction
Czech
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