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This course provides a sociological overview of communication studies. Firstly desirable communications are discussed with the perspective of speech act theories, a theory of public space by Arendt, and the theory of communicative action by Habermas. Then, we consider how we can make desirable public spheres in cyberspace and what is the Japanese way of communication, if there is such a thing.
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After completing this course, you will be able to:
1). Understand the fundamental structure of the speech act theory and the theory of communicative action of Habermas.
2). Consider the conditions for desirable public spheres in your life-world.
3). Take a critical attitude to various phenomena which will occur in contemporary society.
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This class is related to the following diploma policy
A: Basic knowledge and understanding of various sciences subjects ○
B: The ability to think logically and creatively ○
C: The ability to communicate effectively △
D: Gained a sense of social ethics and an international perspective △
E: Understanding of various issues in the information society and ability to utilize informatics knowledge ○
F: Knowledge of social organizations and systems and ability to analyze them by a social scientific approach ○
G: Basic knowledge of data science and social implementation ability －
H: Knowledge base for creating and utilizing information technology －
I: The ability to formulate tasks based on humanistic and informatics knowledge and search for practical philosophy ◎
J: The ability to discover issues and propose social systems utilizing social science knowledge ◎
K: The ability to solve problems through data collection, analysis and mathematical optimization －
L: Knowledge of computations and information and the ability to develop technology related to computers －
(◎:Especially important, ○:Important, △:Subject to evaluation, －:Not subject to evaluation)
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The course will focus on Habermas' theory and other normative discussions in sociological communication research, and will explain its significance and challenges. There will be no textbook used throughout the class, but reference books and papers will be presented each class to help students in their developmental studies. Although the course is lecture-based, questions and opinions from the students will be taken up in the lectures, utilizing GULMS (Moodle) , in order to clear up any doubts and to aim for interactive interactions. Students are expected not only to attend lectures, but also to actively submit questions and comments.
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Lectures and question-and-answer sessions.
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1. Introduction
2. Development of the Speech Act Theories
3. A Theory of Communicative Action
4. A Theory of Life World
5. Genealogy of Critical Theory and its Difficulties
6. Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere (1)
7. Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere (2)
8. Is the the Internet an Enemy of Democracy?
9. Conception of Deliberative Democracy
10. Challenge of Mini-Publics
11. Arendt's Public Philosophy
12. The Public Sphere and the Role of Intellectuals
13. Future of Japanese Communication
14. Japanese Society and Conform Pressure
15. Summary
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Though students are not required to read some books in advance, related literatures are shown in every class for further study.
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Evaluation will be made by a final examination or a report. The evaluation criteria are as follows (the figures in parentheses are the relevant diploma policies).
1. Logical and correct answers to questions (assignments) 20% (B)
2. Correct understanding of the course content and the description based on it 60% (A, E, F, I)
3. Sufficient persuasiveness of the description 20% (A, B, E)
4. [In the case of a report] Correct reference (points will be deducted up to 40% according to the problems) (D)
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This course is for 2nd year students.
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Questions are welcome anytime including during the class. Please ask questions without hesitation.
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Habermas, Communication, Public Sphere, Japanese Society, Active Learning
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Introduction to Sociological Communication
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There is no textbook according to which this course will be given. Related literatures are shown in every class for further study.
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