According to the Dublin
descriptors, students, at the end of the course, will demonstrate:
1. Knowledge and understanding
The knowledge of the social processes of contemporary
society, the knowledge of the main digital research techniques, the understanding
of the technological and communicative elements of the internet
2. Applying knowledge and understanding
The conscious use of digital technologies, the ability
to identify the social processes involved in collective dynamics.
3. Making judgment
The ability to critically reflect on the social
consequences of digital technologies, the identification of the limits and
opportunities of digital social processes.
4. Communication skills
The ability to use digital technologies, the writing
skills in digital spaces
5. Learning skills
The understanding of the socio-technical functioning
of digital platforms, the ability to collect reliable information through the
internet
The course takes place essentially in the form of lecture
structured in three different modules (general characteristics, research
methods, case study analysis), with extensive use of tools for student
involvement: questions for the verification of concepts, collective discussion
of crucial cases, digital tools for involvement and participation.
Module A: the new research field of digital sociology,
the social and technological dimensions of contemporary society.
Module B: the methodology and techniques of social
research in digital platforms.
MODULE A –
Digital sociology: characteristics
Texts:
- D. Lupton, Sociologia digitale, Milano, Pearson, 2018, pp.188
- D. Bennato, Il computer come macroscopio. Big data e approccio
computazionale per comprendere i cambiamenti sociali e culturali,
Milano, Franco Angeli, 2015, pp. 145
MODULE B –
Digital sociology: research methods and application field
Texts:
- A. Caliandro, A.
Gandini, I metodi digitali nella ricerca sociale,
Roma, Carocci, 2019, pp.158
- R. Rogers, Metodi digitali. Fare
ricerca sociale con il web, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2016, pp. 282
Please remember that in compliance with art 171
L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or
journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.
For further information on sanctions and regulations
concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee
Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione
Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian
Association on Copyright).
All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.
