93342 - Power, Information And Intelligence In International Policy

Learning outcomes

The course provides advanced knowledge on the role of intelligence as a decision-making process and as a state institution. At the end of the course, the student will understand: what is intelligence analysis useful to prevent threats to national security; the complex relationships between the intelligence community and political authorities; the role of new technologies and the human factor in intelligence activities.

Course contents

-Media and Power in the Information Society


- Media Logics and Information Disorder

 

-Journalism, propaganda and crisis contexts

-Crisis and Emergency Communications


-Cyber intelligence, big data and liquid surveillance


- Social-digital security and technological risks


-Hate crimes, populism and extremism on the Internet


-Immigration and human trafficking


-Psychology of terrorism, crisis negotiation and security policies in Europe

Readings/Bibliography

Study of 3 texts is required :

 -Sorice M.(2020), Sociologia dei media. Un'introduzione critica, Carocci, Roma (required book)

-Caligiuri M. (2016), Cyber Intelligence. Tra libertà e sicurezza, Donzelli editore. (required book)

   

-De Angelis E. (2008), Guerra e mass media, Carocci, Roma

- Buoncompagni G. (2018) Forme di comunicazione criminologica. Il crimine come processo comunicativo, Aras edizioni (Second text of your choice)

-Sontag S. (2021) Davanti al dolore degli altri, nottetempo (testo a scelta) (Second text of your choice)

-Buoncompagni G. (2022) Infosecurity. Analisi comportamentale e sicurezza, Postmediabooks (Second text of your choice)

Assessment methods

Oral

Office hours

See the website of Giacomo Buoncompagni