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CODE 66767
ACADEMIC YEAR 2020/2021
CREDITS
SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR SPS/08
LANGUAGE Italian
TEACHING LOCATION
  • SAVONA
SEMESTER 2° Semester
TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

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. 

  • Giovanna Cosenza, Semiotica e comunicazione politica, Laterza, Roma-Bari.

  •  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)

CARLO FRECCERO

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Wednesday 24 February 2021

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Written exam

Exam schedule

Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note
18/01/2021 14:00 SAVONA Scritto
18/01/2021 14:00 SAVONA Scritto
01/02/2021 14:00 SAVONA Scritto
01/02/2021 14:00 SAVONA Scritto
15/02/2021 14:00 SAVONA Scritto
15/02/2021 14:00 SAVONA Scritto
24/05/2021 14:00 SAVONA Scritto
24/05/2021 14:00 SAVONA Scritto
07/06/2021 14:00 SAVONA Scritto
07/06/2021 14:00 SAVONA Scritto
21/06/2021 14:00 SAVONA Scritto
21/06/2021 14:00 SAVONA Scritto
05/07/2021 14:00 SAVONA Scritto
05/07/2021 14:00 SAVONA Scritto
13/09/2021 14:00 SAVONA Scritto
13/09/2021 14:00 SAVONA Scritto