CODE 61520 ACADEMIC YEAR 2018/2019 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 2 AMMINISTRAZIONE E POLITICHE PUBBLICHE 8772 (LM-63) - GENOVA 6 cfu anno 1 INFORMAZIONE ED EDITORIA 8769 (LM-19) - GENOVA 6 cfu anno 1 AMMINISTRAZIONE E POLITICHE PUBBLICHE 8772 (LM-63) - GENOVA 6 cfu anno 3 SCIENZE POLITICHE E DELL'AMMINISTRAZIONE 8776 (L-36) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR SPS/11 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 2° Semester TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW The course belongs to the characterizing activities of the MA (“Historical-social, juridical-economic, political and international relations disciplines) and is held by a Professor of the Department of Political Sciences. The course belongs to the scientific field of Sociology of political phenomena. AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES The course is aimed at providing students with: the specific knowledge through which the sociological approach analyses the public opinion as a process of interaction between the civil society and the sphere of strategic decisions as well as the basic knowledge for institutional communication’s analysis; the ability to understand the most relevant contemporary transformations in the reference fields in relation to the ongoing social change; the ability to apply knowledge and understanding skills to other specific contexts or case-studies aimed at critical and autonomous analysis. TEACHING METHODS Combination of traditional lectures (approx. 30 hours) and classroom discussion of the project selected by each student (approx. 6 hours). SYLLABUS/CONTENT The Course is organized into five Didactic Units (UD): UD1 – The object of study UD2 – Patterns of public sphere UD3 – Political-electoral communication UD4 – The digitalization of public sphere UD5 – Institutional communication Presentation and discussion in the classroom of group papers RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY McCombs M. (2013), Setting the Agenda: The Mass Media and Public Opinion, Polity Press, Cambridge Crespo, I., V. Martínez, A. Mora, C. Moreno y R. Rabadán (2016). Herramientas para la Investigación de la Opinión Pública, Tirant lo Blanch, Valencia or Carabante Muntada J.M. (2013), Entre la esfera pública y la política discursiva, Difusión Juridica y Temas Actualidad S.A., Madrid Daghmi F., Toumi F. et Amsidder A. (2015), Médias et changements. Formes et modalitès de l’agir citoyen, L’Armattan, Paris TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD ANDREA FABRIZIO PIRNI Ricevimento: During the course of the lessons: Wednesday from 11:00 to 13:00. During the rest of the academic year: by appointment. Exam Board ANDREA FABRIZIO PIRNI (President) STEFANO BONABELLO ANDREA CATANZARO AGOSTINO MASSA STEFANO MONTI BRAGADIN PAOLO PARRA SAIANI LUCA RAFFINI ANNA REGGIARDO ANDREA SCOLARI LESSONS LESSONS START March 25th Class schedule SOCIOLOGY OF PUBLIC OPINION AND INSTITUTIONAL COMMUNICATION EXAMS ASSESSMENT METHODS Oral examination. The evaluation criteria are: competence and fluency of argumentations, precision of scientific language, link capability between related subject, arguments in support of autonomous reasoning, synthesis capabilities. Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 11/01/2019 11:00 GENOVA Orale 11/01/2019 11:00 GENOVA Orale 05/02/2019 11:00 GENOVA Orale 29/05/2019 11:00 GENOVA Orale 18/06/2019 11:00 GENOVA Orale 16/07/2019 11:00 GENOVA Orale 12/09/2019 11:00 GENOVA Orale FURTHER INFORMATION https://unige.it/off.f/2015/cds/8769.html
