CODE 66767 ACADEMIC YEAR 2017/2018 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 1 SCIENZE DELLA COMUNICAZIONE 8752 (L-20) - 6 cfu anno 2 DESIGN DEL PRODOTTO E DELL'EVENTO 9007 (LM-12) - 6 cfu anno 1 DESIGN DEL PRODOTTO E DELL'EVENTO 9007 (LM-12) - SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR SPS/08 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION 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. 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 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, till 21 February 2017 and on Mondays between 3.00 pm and 5.00 pm, from 21 February 2017. 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 Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 09/01/2018 14:30 SAVONA Scritto 23/01/2018 14:30 SAVONA Scritto 06/02/2018 14:30 SAVONA Scritto 22/05/2018 14:30 SAVONA Scritto 05/06/2018 14:30 SAVONA Scritto 19/06/2018 14:30 SAVONA Scritto 10/07/2018 14:30 SAVONA Scritto 07/09/2018 14:30 SAVONA Scritto 21/09/2018 14:30 SAVONA Scritto