B002948 - MEDIA AND SOCIETY

Italian

The course will open with the analysis and reflection on the dynamics of face to face communication, then will deal with the media as complex social objects. It will study the characteristics of various media and contents and the social implications related to the use of social networks and 2.0 technologies as important instruments of social participation and production of contents.

J. Thompson, Mezzi di comunicazione e modernità, il Mulino
Ricciardi, M., La comunicazione. Maestri e paradigmi, Laterza
S. Pezzoli, Immortalati. L'angoscia della morte e il divenire eterni, Le Lettere 2010
C. Shirky, Uno per uno, tutti per tutti, Codice Edizioni

for the ones attending will be given specific chapters in class


For not attending class:

J. Thompson: Introduzione, I, III, VI, VII
Ricciardi, M., La comunicazione. Maestri e paradigmi, Laterza
S. Pezzoli, Immortalati. L'angoscia della morte e il divenire eterni, Le Lettere 2010 I, II, III
C. Shirky, Uno per uno, tutti per tutti, Codice Edizioni I, II, III, IV, V, VIII

Theories and tools offered during the course will enable students to better understand and make judgments in the field of direct and mediated communication in general, especially of television communication and social networks.

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63 hours : 53 of lectures and 10 for a discussion in the classroom and laboratory using interactive methodologies

Oral examination