CO SCI 136 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Critical Discourse Analysis, Metatheory, Communication Studies

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Description: a necessary starting point for any research is to position oneself in terms of (meta-) theoretical questions. In this seminar, we will start by explaining the basic concepts and discuss the status of media and communications as a (post-)discipline. Seminar q: what is or could be your own (a) paradigmatic and (b) theoretical position? (a) (post- It is probably difficult to answer this question in the first week, but at least reflect upon your interests and the values that underpin your outlook on the world. You are expected to have a better idea about this by the end of the course. A set of relatively stable and broadly shared assumptions about ontology, epistemology, methodology and methods. Philosophies of science, meta-perspectives": theory: specific and explanatory. Note: each paradigm hosts a variety of schools and theoretical orientations. Hyperspecialization+ analytical dispersion -> no ontological center. No central theories as in some other disciplines.

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