- Docente: Paolo Terenzi
- Credits: 8
- SSD: SPS/08
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Forli
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Mass media and politics (cod. 8051)
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from Mar 01, 2023 to May 24, 2023
Course contents
Mass communication theory
Post-truth
Fake news
Readings/Bibliography
Set books for the written exam
S. Bentivegna, G. Boccia Artieri, Le teorie delle comunicazioni di massa e la sfida digitale, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2019.
L. McIntyre, Post-verità, Utet, Torino, 2019.
G. Riva, Fake news. Vivere e sopravvivere in un mondo post-verità, il Muilino, Bologna, 2018
Paper to be presented in the Lecture Room
Attending students must present, in the lecture room, an article chosen in agreement with the lecturer.
Set book for the oral exam
A book chosen from among the following
E. Arielli, P. Bottazzini, Idee virali. Perché i pensieri si diffondono, il Mulino, Bologna, 2018.
S. Monaci, Odio social. Tecnologie e narrative della comunicazione in rete, Egea, Milano, 2022.
A. Cairo, Come i grafici mentono. Capire meglio le informazioni visive, Raffaello Cortina, Milano, 2020.
Teaching methods
Lectures and seminars
Assessment methods
There shall be two intermediate written exams held, regarding books (1)(2)(3) indicated in the programme. Each intermediate written exam shall consist of 6 essay questions, and students will have 90 minutes to answer the questions. Marks shall be given out of 30. Attending students must present, in the lecture room, an article chosen in agreement with the lecturer.
The oral exam shall be on the chosen work.
The exams are designed to assess the knowledge and understanding that students have acquired during the course, together with their level of critical comprehension of the sociology of mass media, of the relationship between communication and power in a networked society, and of the role of credibility in communicative relations.
Office hours
See the website of Paolo Terenzi