Introduction to Sociology

Sociology provides a critical and profound vision of the social phenomena that shape the reality in which any journalist will develop, while helping to understand and, therefore, explain the social reality. What is society? How can we understand it? What is the role of the individual in society? And how does society affect individual lives? By studying these subject students acquire what Wright Mills calls "sociological imagination": the ability to think beyond our personal lives and connecting the experiences of individuals with large social structures.

The course introduces students to authors such as Marx, Durkheim, Weber and Simmel, as well as contemporary authors. The importance of sociology is its power to allow us to understand the present because it studies the past and behaviours that are repeated over time. In this way, it helps to change areas such as public policies and other sectors which will be the subject of analysis by journalists.

The basic content of this subject revolves around the basic concepts of sociological analysis, the main methods and social research techniques employed in sociology and the relationship between society and the media. Human life, its groups, societies, groups and institutions are therefore studied.