CMST&MM 704 / Media, Discourse and Reality

3 unit(s)

Prerequisite(s): Must be enrolled in Graduate Plan in Communciation & Multimedia or CNMCS

This course will investigate different forms of communication using the methods of discourse analysis. Cognitive and social theories of discourse will be examined from the perspectives of social theory, the philosophy of mind and hermeneutics. Questions of perspectivalism, reality, truth, rhetoric, power and persuasion will be explored. As well, the epistemological and onto logical underpinnings of research design will be discussed, with specific application in a major case study assignment.