- Docente: Annalisa Pelizza
- Credits: 6
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
First cycle degree programme (L) in
Communication Sciences (cod. 8885)
Also valid for First cycle degree programme (L) in Communication Sciences (cod. 5975)
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from Sep 24, 2024 to Dec 12, 2024
Learning outcomes
Students learn basic tools to analyze the different forms and the several channels of contemporary communication (interpersonal and face-to-face communication, media communication, web and social media).
Course contents
Course program (12 cfu) for both attending and non attending students
Week 1 - Introduction to the Sociology of Communication. Social theories
Week 2 - Introduction to the Sociology of Communication. Social theories
Week 3 - Symbolic interactionism and interpersonal communication
Week 4 - Interaction ritual
Week 5 - The social construction of reality
Week 6 - The impact of media on social order
Week 7 - Mass media theories
Week 8 - Use and effects of mass communications
Week 9 - The information society and the birth of online sociability
Week 10 - The impact of platforms on the information society
Readings/Bibliography
The course privileges the reading of original essays. In addition, a manual in social theories (Collins, R. (1992) Teorie sociologiche. Bologna: Il Mulino) provides continuity between the different topics for those students who have not received a previous training in sociology.
To ensure quality interaction in class, each set of week-related texts must be read before class.
Week 1 - Introduction to the Sociology of Communication. Elements of social theories
Collins, R. (1992) Teorie sociologiche. Bologna: Il Mulino, pp. 15-20, 469-485, 496-497, 76 + 79-84, 237-249.
Week 2 – Introduction to the Sociology of Communication. Elements of social theories
Collins, R. Teorie Sociologiche. Bologna: Il Mulino, pp. 237-249, 423-435.
Week 3 – Symbolic interactionism and interpersonal communication
Collins, R. Teorie Sociologiche. Bologna: Il Mulino, pp. 289-301, 334-338.
Week 4 – Interaction ritual
Collins, R. (1992) Teorie sociologiche. Bologna: Il Mulino, pp. 257-263.
Goffman, E. (1998) L’ordine dell’interazione, Roma: Armando.
Week 5 - The social construction of reality
Collins, R. (1992) Teorie sociologiche. Bologna: Il Mulino, pp. 331-343, 345-347
Schutz, A. (1979) Saggi Sociologici. Torino: UTET, pp. 401-418
Week 6 - The impact of media on social order
Goody. J. e Watt, I. (2000) “Le Conseguenze dell’Alfabetizzazione” in Giglioli, P.P. e Fele, G. Linguaggio e Contesto Sociale. Bologna: Il Mulino, pp. 285-331
Eisenstein, E. (1995) Le Rivoluzioni del Libro. L’invenzione della stampa e la nascita dell’età moderna. Bologna: Il Mulino, pp. 55-102.
Week 7 - Mass media theories
Wolf, M. (1985/1993) Teorie delle Comunicazioni di Massa. Milano: Bompiani, pp. 16-58.
Week 8 - Uses and effects of mass communications
Wolf, M. (1985/1993) Teorie delle Comunicazioni di Massa. Milano: Bompiani, pp. 58-100.
Thompson, J.B. (1998) Mezzi di Comunicazione e Modernità. Bologna: Il Mulino: 121-168.
Week 9 - The information society and the birth of online sociability
Mandatory reading:
Miconi, A. (2007) “I ‘new media’ e la società delle reti”, in Abruzzese, A. e Mancini, P. Sociologie della Comunicazione. Roma-Bari: Laterza, pp. 249-265.
Castells, M. (2002) La nascita della società in rete. Milano: EGEA, pp. 390-419.
Recommended reading:
Pelizza, A. (2018) Communities at a Crossroads. Material semiotics for online sociability in the fade of cyberculture. Amsterdam: Institute of Networked Cultures, pp. 65-71. Disponibile open access su https://networkcultures.org/blog/publication/tod-28-communities-at-a-crossroads/
Week 10 - The impact of platforms on the information society
Mandatory reading:
Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni (2018) News vs. Fake nel Sistema dell’Informazione. Interim report indagine conoscitiva Del. 309/16/cons, pp. i-ix, 74-106. Disponibile su: https://www.agcom.it/documents/10179/12791486/Pubblicazione+23-11-2018/93869b4f-0a8d-4380-aad2-c10a0e426d83?version=1.0
Recommended reading:
Cukier, K.N and Meyer-Schönberger, V. (2013, May/June) "The Rise of Big Data. How It's Changing the Way We Think About the World". Foreign Affairs 92(3), pp. 28-40.
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussions, empirical analysis of case studies, student presentations. A high degree of interactivity is pursued, also by using interactive technologies in class.
Assessment methods
For both attending and non attending students, written exam with closed questions on the texts in the syllabus.
The questions tend to verify:
a) understanding of the syllabus;
b) the reflexive appropriation of the concepts and methods exposed, also through empirical examples.
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Teaching tools
As per Unibo policy, classes are conducted in presence, with the support of computer, video beamer and digital whiteboard.
The teaching material consists of the syllabus, presentations prepared by the teacher and case studies. When not protected by copyright, the teaching material is made available to students through the teaching platform of the University of Bologna. Copyrighted texts in the syllabus are available at the FILCOM library and at other libraries of the University of Bologna.
Office hours
See the website of Annalisa Pelizza