- Docente: Massimiliano Panarari
- Credits: 4
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Forli
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Mass media and politics (cod. 8051)
Learning outcomes
The seminar address the relationships between journalism and politics in contemporary informational ecosystems. At the end of the seminar, students - have a broader knowledge - thanks to a series of meetings with professionals - of the dynamics and challenges that characterize professions related to political information, such as journalism, political communication, social media curation, and so forth; - can apply techniques and employ tools to analyze and produce texts related to the topics discussed in the seminar. In particular, students will engage with various web 2.0 platforms for the production and sharing of informational content, such as Twitter, Storify, and others.
Course contents
Models of interaction between citizens and mass media and development of the public sphere in liberal democracies and market societies in the second half of the 20th century
History of political journalism in Italy from 1945 until the present day (with a specific focus on the period following the 1990s)
Media logics. Paleo-television, neo-television, trans-television and politics. Infotainment, talk shows, entertation
Functioning and mechanisms of agenda setting and political news-making
Spin doctoring in politics and in media coverage of politics
Storytelling and the building of political narratives
Political journalism, pop politics and "peoplisation"
The process of disintermediation between politics and journalism
Political journalism in the age of antipolitics and postpolitics
Political information in the age of social media
Readings/Bibliography
There are no textbooks as the seminar has a practical approach that is developed in the meetings with experts and in the lab sessions. Supplementary readings will be pointed out during classes.
Teaching methods
Lectures, classroom seminars, audiovisual materials.
Assessment methods
Students who attend at least three-quarters of the meetings will pass the course. To that end, attendance will be taken at every seminar meeting.
Teaching tools
PC, powerpoint projector, internet connection.
Office hours
See the website of Massimiliano Panarari