CODE 66767 ACADEMIC YEAR 2020/2021 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 1 SCIENZE DELLA COMUNICAZIONE 8752 (L-20) - SAVONA 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 LUCA GUZZETTI Ricevimento: Students may meet the professor at Disfor (room 3A1) in corso Podestà 2, Genoa, on Tuesdays between 3.00 pm and 5.00 pm. Exam Board LUCA GUZZETTI (President) CARLO FRECCERO LESSONS LESSONS START Wednesday 24 February 2021 Class schedule SOCIOLOGY OF COMMUNICATIONS 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