81878 - Digital Media and Gender

Academic Year 2018/2019

  • Moduli: Saveria Capecchi (Modulo 1) Marzia Vaccari (Modulo 2)
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Public and Corporate Communication (cod. 8840)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student knows the role that women have played in Information and Communication Technology and particularly in Internet Studies fields. He/she knows the debates on "women and the web" (gender digital divide, Internet Governance, gender stereotypes and feminism on/of the web). He/she knows how to plan and carry out research projects on women's communities. He/she knows different types of business models.

Course contents

The course focuses the attention on the relationship between gender and digital media: on the one side gender inequalities, on the other side user's opportunities to challenge the patriarchal order will be discussed.

Readings/Bibliography

Saveria Capecchi (2018) "La comunicazione di genere. Prospettive teoriche e buone pratiche", Carocci, Roma.

- Saveria Capecchi, Elisabetta Ruspini (a cura di) (2009) "Media, corpi, sessualità. Dai corpi esibiti al cybersex", Franco Angeli, Milano.

- - Marzia Vaccari (2019) Saggio :: Appunti di "femminismo digitale" #1 è possibile il download del file pdf.

- Marzia Vaccari (2018) Paper :: Artificial Intelligence una critica femminista è possibile il download del file pdf.

- Marzia Vaccari (2009) Tecnologia-neutra-ma-non-neutrale in Patrizia Violi, Cristina Demaria “Tecnologie di genere. Teoria, usi e pratiche di donne nella rete” Bononia University Press.

Recommended books:

  • Raewyn Connell "Gender" (2009, trad. it. "Questioni di genere", il Mulino, Bologna 2011, 2° ed.)
  • Le filosofie femministe, Adriana Cavarero e Franco Restaino (Mondadori 2002)
  • Gender and the media, Rosalind Gill (Polity, 2007)
  • New Femininities, edited by Rosalind Gill and Christina Scharff (Palgrave Macmillan 2011)
  • Lo schermo del potere. Femminismo e regime della visibilità, Alessandra Gribaldo e Giovanna Zapperi (Ombre corte 2012)
  • Tutt’altro genere d’informazione coordinamento scientifico a cura di Monia Azzalini(2015, reperibile online)
  • Relazioni brutali. Genere e violenza nella cultura mediale, Elisa Giomi e Sveva Magaraggia (il Mulino, 2017)
  • Visioni del femminile a cura di Cristina Demaria e Roberta Sassatelli (“Studi culturali” 3/2013)
  • Questioni di genere nel giornalismo italiano a cura di Milly Buonanno (“Problemi dell’informazione” 3/2015)
  • Il prisma dei generi. Immagini di donne in tv, a cura di Milly Buonanno (Franco Angeli, 2014)

 

Teaching methods

Lectures, case analysis, seminars with professionals, work groups.

Assessment methods

Students attending the course: written exam (three open questions on obligatory texts) or a written short dissertation on the topics discussed in class: the main results of the research will be presented in class.

Students not attending the course: written exam (three open questions on obligatory texts).

International students: written exam (or written short dissertation) in English, French, Spanish.

Teaching tools

Power point slides, videos.

Office hours

See the website of Saveria Capecchi

See the website of Marzia Vaccari

SDGs

Gender equality Reduced inequalities

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.