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Laurea magistrale in Editoria e giornalismo - Enrollment from 2025/2026Reasoning, information and multimedia semiotics (m) (2024/2025)
Teaching code
4S02365
Credits
12
Coordinator
Language
Italian
Also offered in courses:
- Argumentation and Communication of the course Master's degree in Linguistics
- Semiotics of the course Master's degree in Linguistics
Courses Single
Authorized
The teaching is organized as follows:
Learning objectives
1ST MODULE The course aims to introduce to the paradigms of reasoning with particular reference to multimedia communication field. What are the logical rules which can guarantee the value of our speeches? What are the arguments which are able to persuade and make acceptable what we suggest? What are the peculiar characters of multimedia communication? These are the issues that the second part of the course deal with, even with concrete examples taken from the field of multimedia 2ND MODULE This course aims at introducing the participants to the study of some of the properties of semiotic processes within language and other cognitive systems. The focus will be on the interface between cognitive processes and semiosis, on the relation between language and mind and on the formal analyses of the use of language in communication contexts, including neo-Gricean and post-Gricean approaches. The main task is familiarizing participants to the analysis and management of the linguistic, textual and cultural processes that are responsible for the creation of meaning and the interpretation of signs.
Prerequisites and basic notions
None
Bibliography
Criteria for the composition of the final grade
The final grade will be the average of the grades obtained in each of the two modules in which the course is divided (Poggi and Delfitto)
