The main objective of this subject is to endow our students with skills and analytical tools, specific of sociology, which may be used in the analysis and comprehension of the reality of communication and the media in contemporary societies.

With this syllabus, the students will be able to: -

Problematise, from a sociological point of view, the concept of communication, differentiating it from other notions and concepts from the field of media;

- Identify, have knowledge of and differentiate the main theoretical contributions and research traditions of Sociology of Communication;

- Integrate and problematise the social and political effects of technologically mediated communication in contemporary cultural contexts.