Guia docente 2020_21 Facultad de CC. Sociales y de la Comunicación

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
1. The role of communication and the emergence of modern society.	. The historical evolution of the forms of social construction. . Conjuncture, historical birth of modernity and emergence of sociology. . The media and development of modern societiess.
2. Actors and communication processes: social change, culture and power.	. 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.
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.
4. Synergies between globalization processes and communication technologies.	. Socio-economic transformations. . Socio-political changes. . The migrations. . The consideration of environmental issues. . Culture and globalization
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 ofidentities.