- Docente: Lorenzo Pregliasco
- Credits: 6
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Information, Cultures and Media Organisation (cod. 5698)
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from Apr 01, 2025 to May 14, 2025
Learning outcomes
The laboratory focuses on reading, analyzing, interpreting, and visualizing data, graphs, and surveys. It also addresses the forms and ways in which information, journalism, and communication make use of these languages, investigating their reasons and outcomes. At the end, the student: - understands and interprets data used in journalistic, promotional, and communicative contexts; - knows the advantages and limitations of these tools; - knows how to integrate data and graphs in the writing of journalistic and argumentative texts, and how to adopt appropriate forms of visualization and presentation.
Course contents
The course will cover these main topics:
- Principles of data visualization
- Polls
- Relationship between media and data
- Case studies of Italian and international data journalism
The course will feature hands-on workshops and interactive simulations. In the second part of the course students will be required to design and present a data journalism project on a subject of their choice.
Students with SLD or temporary or permanent disabilities. It is suggested that they get in touch as soon as possible with the relevant University office (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en) and with the lecturer in order to seek together the most effective strategies for following the lessons and/or preparing for the examination.
Readings/Bibliography
Required reading:
- Lorenzo Pregliasco, Benedetti sondaggi. Leggere i dati, capire il presente, Add, 2022
Additional suggested reading:
- Carl T. Bergstrom, Jevin D. West, Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World, 2020
- Alberto Cairo, Come i grafici mentono, Raffaello Cortina Editore, 2020
- Alberto Cairo, L'arte funzionale. Infografica e visualizzazione delle informazioni, Pearson, 2013
- Alberto Cairo, L'arte del vero. Dati, grafici e mappe per la comunicazione, Pearson, 2016
- Darrell Huff, How to Lie with Statistics, 1991
- Mark Monmonier, How to Lie with Maps, 2018
More essays and articles will be provided during class.
Assessment methods
The assessment will be based on the presentation of group work, as well as some individual questions on readings and topics covered during class.
Students with SLD or temporary or permanent disabilities. It is necessary to contact the relevant University office (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en) with ample time in advance: the office will propose some adjustments, which must in any case be submitted 15 days in advance to the lecturer, who will assess the appropriateness of these in relation to the teaching objectives.
Office hours
See the website of Lorenzo Pregliasco