Guia docente 2018_19 Facultade de CC. Sociais e da Comunicación

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
Theme 1. The emergence of the modern society as a result of the social change.	. The historical evolution of the forms of social construction. . Conjuncture, historical birth of modernity and emergence of sociology . The media and development of modern societies.
Theme 2. Conceptual universes of social change and culture.	. Classic approach and systemic of social change. . Dynamic concepts to understanding the change. . Typology of social processes. . Agents, interactions and networks of power in the media sphere. . Three decades of social change in Spain.
Theme 3. Evolution, order, conflict, and mass communication in the sociological explanations of modernity.	. Historical and analytical definitions of modernity. . Characteristics and impact of modernity on social and personal life. . Arguments against modernity and contemporary perspectives. . The prospect of mass culture and its critics.
Theme 4. Perspectives of social in front of the age of globalization.	. Socio-economic transformations. . Socio-political changes. . The migrations. . The consideration of environmental issues. . Culture and globalization.
Theme 5. Innovation, active audiences and identities in contemporary society and culture.	. Culture of innovation in the new informational economy. . Prospects of active audiences and its limits. . Information technologies and communication and the construction of identities.