SOCIOLOGY OF CULTURAL AND COMMUNICATION PROCESSES A - L
Academic Year 2022/2023 - Teacher:
DAVIDE BENNATO
Expected Learning Outcomes
According to the Dublin
descriptors, students, at the end of the course, will demonstrate:
1. knowledge and
understanding
The knowledge of the theoretical processes underlying
the phenomena of communication, the sociological characteristics of the mass
media, knowledge of modern approaches to the sociology of cultural processes,
multidisciplinary analysis of the technological imaginary
2. applying knowledge and
understanding
The understandings of the social characteristics of
how traditional and digital media works
3. learning skills
The competence in collecting information from the
internet and critical evaluation of them.
Required Prerequisites
The Knowledge of the main historical, political and cultural phenomena of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, familiarity with the use of mass media and social media
Attendance of Lessons
frequency is not mandatory
Detailed Course Content
Mass communication theories, technological and sociological
characteristics of digital media, main authors and concepts of the Sociology of
cultural and communication processes.
Textbook Information
Module A - Communication theories from mass media to social media
(5 Credits)
Texts:
- S. Bentivegna, G. Boccia Artieri, Le
teorie delle comunicazioni di massa e la sfida digitale, Roma-Bari,
Laterza, 2019 (263 pp.)
- D. Bennato, Sociologia dei media
digitali, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2011 (192 pp.)
Module B - The social processes underlying the
contemporary culture (4 Credits)
- S.
Piccone Stella, L. Salmieri, Il gioco della
cultura, Roma, Carocci, 2012, (370 pp.)
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
Oral examination with participation in research projects
Participation in research projects serves as an in-progress test and consists of individual or collective work to study specific aspects of one or more topics illustrated during the course. Assessment will be made on the basis of the following elements: performance of assigned tasks, linguistic and terminological appropriateness, theoretical relevance, expository ability, bibliographical depth
Mastery of the content and skills acquired, linguistic accuracy and lexical property, and the argumentative ability demonstrated by the candidate will be taken into account in the assessment of the examination.
