¿Cómo persuadir? Jugando con palabras, imágenes y números (Coursera)

¿Cómo persuadir? Jugando con palabras, imágenes y números (Coursera)

¿Te has planteado alguna vez mediante qué mecanismos algunas personas consiguen convencer a otras personas? Este curso da respuesta a la pregunta y está dirigido a cualquier individuo interesado por los mecanismos de la argumentación en el siglo XXI. Aprenderemos la base de la comunicación persuasiva y el pensamiento crítico aplicados a toda clase de formatos: desde las palabras o los argumentos, pasando por las imágenes y los audiovisuales o, finalmente, por los números, las estadísticas y los gráficos.

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¿Para qué sirve este curso?
Las habilidades y disposiciones para analizar y explicar argumentos tienen una importancia transversal: son útiles en todas las disciplinas. Saber apreciar la solidez de los argumentos y tener elementos para su crítica facilita el buen tratamiento de la información y, al mismo tiempo, permite exponerla de una manera formal correcta.

Syllabus

WEEK 1
Bienvenida
Te presentamos los tres formatos de argumentación del curso: palabras, imágenes y números, y cómo mejorar tus habilidades persuasivas con cada uno de ellos.
Las palabras, las imágenes y los números en la argumentación
Durante este módulo nos iniciaremos en el estudio de lo que significa argumentar y al mismo tiempo realizaremos una incursión en cada uno de los grandes temas o áreas del curso. Al finalizar el módulo tendremos una idea clara sobre los mecanismos básicos argumentativos empleados profusamente en el siglo XXI.

WEEK 2
Jugando con palabras
En esta semana vamos a estudiar las técnicas lógicas y argumentativas de la persuasión con palabras. Para ello, vamos a dirigir nuestra mirada a la historia de la retórica, la tipología de argumentos, las falacias y la dialéctica.

WEEK 3
Jugando con imágenes
Este módulo se centra en cómo persuadir utilizando imágenes. Mostraremos la utilidad de las imágenes para facilitar la presentación de un argumento, veremos cómo las imágenes pueden mentirnos y se ofrecerán una serie de recomendaciones prácticas para mejorar la capacidad argumentativa de las imágenes en una presentación tipo Powerpoint.

WEEK 4
Jugando con números
Al finalizar el módulo, las personas que lo han seguido tendrán mayores conocimientos sobre los mecanismos psicológicos y argumentativos que se producen en los entornos numéricos.

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