Communication: History and Theory of Communication
Code
P04G190V01104
Study programme
Grao en Publicidade e Relacións Públicas
Descriptors
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Year
Quadmester
6
Basic education
1st
1st
Teaching language
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Spanish
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Coordinator
Doval Avendaño, María Montserrat
E-mail
montse.doval@uvigo.es
Lecturers
Doval Avendaño, María Montserrat
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General description
The communication theory sets the intellectual foundations from which the information theory should be considered. We will analyze the factors that intervene in the communication phenomenon, especially in public communication. It introduces in the study of the social phenomenon of collective communication. It shows the socio-political context in which the information professions are exercised. We will study the role of the media in society and in the current political system, taking into account creators of content, content and audiences. It deals with the importance of communication processes today, the mediating work done by the media to make citizens aware of reality, the influence of the communication system on penetrating the social system.
The history of communication studies communication understood as a result of the action of the media in a specific space and time, with a diachronic approach. The social transcendence of communication is highlighted. In this part of the subject the processes and communicative facts that constitute a fundamental factor in the articulation of social groups throughout history are of interest.
