ZURb1237 Discourse Analysis of Media

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2021
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Kirkosová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Kirkosová, Ph.D.
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
Tue 16:00–17:40 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 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 35 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to acquaint the students with the methodology of critical discourse analysis, to introduce them to basic principles, concepts, tools and to help them better understand the structure and contents of media texts.
Syllabus
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 C/DA as a research paradign
  • 3 Discourse, performativity, representation
  • 4 Discourse strategies
  • 5 Discourse, perspectivization, discourse community
  • 6 Discourse and ideology
  • 7 Reading week
  • 8 Research design in CDA
  • 9 Lexical analysis
  • 10 Metaphors and metonymies
  • 11 Transitivity and modality
  • 12 Arguments
  • 13 Students' analyses, discussion
Literature
  • ROSE, Gillian. Visual methodologies : an introduction to researching with visual materials. 4th edition. Los Angeles: SAGE, 2016, xxiii, 432. ISBN 9781473948891. info
  • RICHARDSON, John E. Analysing newspapers : an approach from critical discourse analysis. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007, xi, 268. ISBN 9781403935656. info
  • MACHIN, David and Theo VAN LEEUWEN. Global media discourse : a critical introduction. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 2007, viii, 188. ISBN 9780415359467. URL info
  • GEE, James Paul. An introduction to discourse analysis : theory and method. 2nd ed. New York: Routledge, 2005, xii, 209. ISBN 9780415328616. info
  • BERGER, Peter L. and Thomas LUCKMANN. Sociální konstrukce reality : pojednání o sociologii vědění. Edited by Radim Marada, Translated by Jiří Svoboda. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 1999, 214 s. ISBN 8085959461. info
  • FAIRCLOUGH, Norman. Media discourse. 1st pub. London: Hodder Arnold, 1995, viii, 214. ISBN 0340588896. info
  • FOWLER, Roger. Language in the news : discourse and ideology in the press. London: Routledge, 1991, x, 254. ISBN 0415014190. info
Assessment methods
Active participation in discussion, homeworks, analysis presentation.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2021, recent)
  • Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/fss/spring2021/ZURb1237