Online activism discourse

Language

Spanish

Prerequisites

Solid knowledge of Spanish linguistics and basic knowledge of pragmatics (in Spanish or other languages). Consolidated B2 level in Spanish. 

Main themes

This course will focus on the analysis of the discourse of online activism and will take into account different aspects of this discourse, namely the linguistic production, the multimodality of these discourses, the interaction with the specificities of the device used, and the interaction with discourses produced offline. Attention will also be paid to the transdisciplinary analysis of these discourses. Through a reading portfolio and discussions in class, a critical overview of existing theories and descriptions will be developed. This will be combined with a case study on Spanish data, for which students will have to make and justify methodological choices. 

Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	problematise a research question, while taking the relationship between language production and context into account
2	understand and apply methods and techniques for analysing online discourse produced online.
3	understand the relationship between theoretical approaches and methodological practice.
This learning unit contributes to the development and command of the following skills and learning outcomes of the ELAL programmes (ELAL learning outcomes): 1.6, 2.6, 3.1, 3.5, 3.6, 4.1, 4.5, 6.1

Content

A topic related to on-going research will be analysed in detail. 

Teaching methods

The method will consist of a research seminar. Students will be required to do preparatory readings, which will be followed by a class discussion. In addition, students will carry out a specific corpus-based study, analysing complementary subjects and corpora, so that their results can be exchanged on a larger scale. They will present their own results and comment on the results of other students. 

Evaluation methods

The assessment of the course will focus on class discussions (20%), presentation of research results and discussion of classmates‘ results (e.g. ability to formulate relevant critical questions and compare others’ results with own results) (50%) and a written synthesis of the research results (30%). Assessment will therefore be partly continuous. 
In the September session, the assessment will concern the presentation of research results and discussion of classmates’ results (60%) and a written synthesis of the research results (30%). 

Bibliography

Portefeuille de lecture sur Moodle 

Faculty or entity

> ELAL