CODE 66785 ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 2 SCIENZE DELLA COMUNICAZIONE 8752 (L-20) - SAVONA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR SPS/12 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION SAVONA SEMESTER 2° Semester TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW The course explores a variety of different themes within sociology of deviance and aims to encourage students to move beyond a mere theoretical approach to deviance and control in order to comprehend their public representation in movies and media communication. AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES The course explores a multiplicity of themes and approaches developed within the sociology of deviance, encouraging students to move beyond a theoretical approach to deviance and control in order to understand their public representation. Particularly, it aims at: encouraging students' aunonomy; increasing their ability in critically assessing how academic theories are translated into public discourses, for example in film and media; developing their critical capability in the analysis of media communication on social deviance and control. AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES The course has as its main objectives: to provide a compendium of the main sociological theories on deviance and social control; to describe their public representation; to understand the contribution of this theoretical discourse to the production and governance of the deviant. Upon completion of the course students will be able to: acquire a basic vocabulary on discourses on deviance and social marginality; understand how academic theories are translated in public speeches (e.g. in the cinema and media); critically interpret media communication on deviance and control; present the knowledge acquired in oral and written form. PREREQUISITES Students must have passed the General Sociology exam. TEACHING METHODS Combination of traditional lectures (approx.20 hours), tutorials and classroom discussions of video and assignments presented by working groups of students (approx. 16 hours). SYLLABUS/CONTENT The course is chiefly aimed to describe the most relevant models of interpretation of deviant phenomena and their control. A brief description of the main sociological research methods on deviance will be also provided. Then, through the presentation of empirical researches, the focus will shift to processes, practical and discursive strategies, implemented by institutional (and non-institutional) apparatuses, which contribute to the "construction" the governance of deviant and marginal people. Students will be encouraged to work together on group projects in order to develop critical skills in reading and analysing deviance and social control representations through different media. RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY Attending students: - Selected chapters of: C. Rinaldi, P. Saitta (a cura di), Devianze e crimine, Antologia ragionata di teorie classiche e contemporanee, PM Edizioni, Varazze 2017. - Selected chapters of: W. Baroni, F. Boni, S. Consigliere e G. Petti, Gli spettri della pandemia. Scientismo, terrore e controllo sociale, PM Edizioni, Varazze, in corso di pubblicazione. The selection of chapters to be studied and any other materials will be indicated during the course, so it is advisable to wait for the start of lessons for the purchase of texts. Non-attending students: - F. Prina, Devianza e criminalità. Concetti, metodi di ricerca, cause, politiche, Carocci, Roma 2019; - W. Baroni, F. Boni, S. Consigliere e G. Petti, Gli spettri della pandemia. Scientismo, terrore e controllo sociale, PM Edizioni, Varazze, in corso di pubblicazione. TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD GABRIELLA PETTI Ricevimento: The course tutor sees students in personal meeting by appointment. Please contact the lecturer by email: gabriella.petti@unige.it Exam Board GABRIELLA PETTI (President) FEDERICO RAHOLA LESSONS LESSONS START March 2022 Class schedule DEVIANCE AND SOCIAL CONTROL EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION Attending Students. After the lectures, a written exercise on the topics covered in the course will be carried out, which will also include an independent elaboration of the proposed texts. Non-attending Students. The exam is written with open questions. The written exam may be supplemented, at the student's discretion, by an oral exam, which will take the form of an average score. ASSESSMENT METHODS The course assessment will be made up of tutorials and classroom discussions of assignments presented by working groups of students. Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 20/01/2023 15:30 GENOVA Orale 03/02/2023 15:30 GENOVA Orale 17/02/2023 15:30 GENOVA Orale 15/05/2023 15:30 GENOVA Scritto + Orale 26/06/2023 15:30 GENOVA Scritto + Orale 10/07/2023 15:30 GENOVA Scritto + Orale 24/07/2023 15:30 GENOVA Scritto + Orale 04/09/2023 15:30 GENOVA Scritto + Orale