Universität Wien

124091 VK BEd 09.2: VK Linguistics and Language Education (2023W)

Critically Analyzing Digital Discourse

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Continuous assessment of course work
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Details

max. 23 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Thursday 12.10. 10:15 - 11:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Thursday 19.10. 10:15 - 11:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Thursday 09.11. 08:45 - 11:45 Digital
Thursday 16.11. 10:15 - 11:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Thursday 23.11. 10:15 - 11:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Thursday 30.11. 10:15 - 11:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Thursday 07.12. 10:15 - 11:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Thursday 14.12. 10:15 - 11:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Thursday 11.01. 10:15 - 11:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Thursday 18.01. 10:15 - 11:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Thursday 25.01. 10:15 - 11:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course is concerned with the discourse-analytic study of social media (including social-network sites, blogs, microblogs and forums). We will examine language (and its interplay with other media, including pictures, music, emojis, etc.) used in various social media genres and on different social media platforms to explain how “produsers” represent themselves, the communities they affiliate with and the ideas they stand for. Embedding situated online interaction in the broader sociopolitical context, we will critically reflect upon the relationships created, and the worldviews negotiated, in contemporary digital discourses – and the question how these insights can be made useful for language teaching.
The course combines mini-lectures, assignments, reading-based group work and discussion, and individual research work leading to a presentation and final written paper (either project paper or bachelor thesis).

Assessment and permitted materials

- Class participation and 3 assignments (max. 15 points)
- Project proposal and project-based presentation (max. 25 points)
- VK project report (max. 20 points) OR BEd thesis (max. 60 points)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Course evaluation is based on:
(A) Class participation, assignments and presentations (cut off point 60%)
(B) Bachelor paper or final assignment (cut off point 60%)

The minimum requirements for passing the course are:
(a) regular class attendance (max. 2 missed sessions)
(b) handing in assignments on time
(c) active engagement in project work and presentation
(d) handing in the bachelor paper or final assignment (on time)
(e) refraining from plagiarism in all tasks
(f) attaining pass levels on both A and B (see above)

Examination topics

See "minimum requirements and assessment criteria"

Reading list

Bublitz, Wolfgang & Christian Hoffmann (Eds.) (2017). Pragmatics of social media. Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter.
Caroline Tagg, Philip Seargeant & Amy Aisha Brown (2017). Taking offence on social media: conviviality and communication on Facebook. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave.
Ruth Page, David Barton, Carmen Lee, Johann Wolfgang Unger, Michele Zappavigna (Eds.) (2022). Researching Language and Social Media. A Student Guide. 2nd Edition. Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge.
Seargeant, Philip and Caroline Tagg (2014) (Eds.). The Language of Social Media: Identity and Community on the Internet. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

Association in the course directory

Studium: BEd 046/407
Code/Modul: BEd 09.2
Lehrinhalt: 12-4692

Last modified: Tu 24.10.2023 13:07