Sumários

Social semiotics

22 Fevereiro 2021, 17:00 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

Discussion of Bob Hodge's chapter "Social semiotics" from The Routledge Companion to Global Popular Culture.

Discussion of how this approach could be used by students in their essays.

Writing abstracts and discussion of Christopher Bigsby's Introduction to Modern American Culture

18 Fevereiro 2021, 17:00 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

Writing abstracts and discussion of Christopher Bigsby's Introduction to Modern American Culture

Not Taught.

15 Fevereiro 2021, 18:30 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

Carnaval break

Not Taught.

15 Fevereiro 2021, 17:00 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

Carnaval Break

How thinking is formed?

11 Fevereiro 2021, 17:00 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

We watched Uri Hasson's Tedtalk "Your brain in Communication" https://www.ted.com/talks/uri_hasson_this_is_your_brain_on_communication which illustrates how storytelling influences, not only the way people think, but the way they process thought.

We then discussed the ideas presented in this lecture in the context of the 2 articles on reality TV and social media, and how these forms of "storytelling" can and have altered ways of thinking and concepts of truth - opening the door for the acceptance and belief in concepts like "fake news".