Currículo

Opinião Pública e Sondagens 03426

Contextos

ECTS

6.0 (para cálculo da média)

Objectivos

No final da UC o estudante deverá ser capaz de: OA1 | Discutir os principais contributos teóricos no domínio da opinião pública OA2 | Identificar os principais fatores da formação da opinião pública OA3 | Compreender o papel dos media na formação e mudança da opinião pública OA4 | Analisar criticamente os parâmetros técnicos de uma sondagem OA5 | Analisar criticamente a interpretação de sondagens divulgadas pelos media ou outros meios OA6 | Identificar as principais tendências da opinião pública em relação a questões políticas de relevo nas sociedades ocidentais em geral, e em Portugal em particular OA7 | Ter uma perspetiva crítica sobre a validade da opinião pública para tomar decisões em política OA8 | Compreender as consequências da opinião pública em democracia, em especial em termos de representação e responsividade

Programa

O programa estrutura-se nos seguintes conteúdos programáticos: CP1 | Conceito e teorias da opinião pública CP2 | Bases cognitivas da opinião pública: formação de impressões, formação e mudança de atitudes, atribuição de causalidade CP3 | Fatores psicossociológicos da opinião pública: representações sociais; influência social, efeitos de grupo, desejabilidade social, espiral do silêncio CP4 | Media e opinião pública: informação, persuasão, efeitos cognitivos CP5 | Sondagens de opinião: amostragem, representatividade e interpretação de resultados CP6| Dados e tendências sobre a opinião pública atual CP7 | Importância e consequências da opinião pública na representação e na responsividade política

Método de Avaliação

1) Assiduidade igual ou superior a 70% e participação nas discussões e exercícios práticos a realizar nas sessões (20%) 2) Apresentação e discussão de um artigo científico sobre um tópico relevante do programa (30%) 3) Trabalho escrito individual, de aproximadamente 10 páginas (Times New Roman 12, espaço 1,5 entre linhas) sobre qualquer dos temas abordados na UC, nos termos a determinar em sala (50%). Avaliação por exame final: prova escrita (100%). Ficam aprovados os alunos que tenham notas finais superiores a 9,5 valores.

Carga Horária

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Secundária

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Disciplinas de Execução

2024/2025 - 1º Semestre

2025/2026 - 1º Semestre

2020/2021 - 1º Semestre

2021/2022 - 1º Semestre

2022/2023 - 1º Semestre

2023/2024 - 1º Semestre