OVERVIEW

The course wants to provide to students an introductory analysis of the main aspects of human communication - stressing its social characters - both in its face-to-face dimension and in its technologically mediated forms (mass media).

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Main aim of the course is to provide students with a general introduction to the domain of human communication and of its tools, on behalf of a sociological point of view.

TEACHING METHODS

Normally, the first three weekly hours will be dedicated to a teaching lesson, while the fourth one will be devoted to class discussion.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The analysis of human communication will be developed starting from social obstacles and limitations to communication, and it will then focus on the contemporary phenomena of globalisation and on the dominant role played by television and the internet in post.modern societies. The course will also deal with specific forms of communication, such as scientific communication and the relation between language and power.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Luciano Paccagnella, Sociologia della comunicazione, il Mulino, Bologna. 

• Luca Guzzetti, La frode scientifica. Normatività e devianza nella scienza, Liguori, Napoli.

•  Carlo Freccero, Televisione, Bollati Boringhieri, Torino.

• The student may propose different texts in Italian, English or French.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

LUCA GUZZETTI (President)

FEDERICO RAHOLA

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Tuesday 21 February 2017

Class schedule

SOCIOLOGY OF COMMUNICATIONS

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Written exam

Exam schedule