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.
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.
Combination of traditional lectures (approx. 30 hours) and classroom discussion of the project selected by each student (approx. 6 hours).
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
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
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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
Ricevimento: During the course of the lessons: Wednesday from 11:00 to 13:00. During the rest of the academic year: by appointment.
ANDREA FABRIZIO PIRNI (President)
STEFANO BONABELLO
ANDREA CATANZARO
AGOSTINO MASSA
STEFANO MONTI BRAGADIN
PAOLO PARRA SAIANI
LUCA RAFFINI
ANNA REGGIARDO
ANDREA SCOLARI
March 25th
SOCIOLOGY OF PUBLIC OPINION AND INSTITUTIONAL COMMUNICATION
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.
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