| CODE | 83834 |
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| ACADEMIC YEAR | 2022/2023 |
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| SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR | SPS/12 |
| LANGUAGE | Italian |
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| SEMESTER | 1° Semester |
| MODULES | This unit is a module of: |
| TEACHING MATERIALS | AULAWEB |
The lectures aims to provide an overview of the main theories of deviance and social control with regard to the digital revolution. In particular, with the support of case studies, it will focus on the mechanisms of definition and government of the “abnormal” introduced by the new social media.
The main objective of the lectures is to offer knowledge and interpretative tools for understanding social changes, introduced by the new social media, in both: the way of defining deviance and the control and marginalization devices of individuals.
In particular, the lectures aims to:
- reconstruct the main models of sociological interpretation of deviance and social control;
- investigate marginalization/exclusion digital devices of individuals.
At the end of the course, the students will acquire adequate knowledge and interpretative tools to critically analyze deviant and digital control phenomena and to develop empirical research in this field.
- Frontal and remote synchronous lessons;
- Exercises/small groups activities;
- Classroom discussions on the topics dealt with, starting from the analysis of case studies.
0. Introduction:
a) theories of deviance and of social control
b) new social media, digital economy and digital control
1. Positivist criminology and new-positivism
2. Functionalist perspectives and its development particularly in relation to juvenile delinquency
3. Criticism of functionalism
4. Labeling approach
5. Panopticon and digital control devices
6. Dataveillance and digital vulnerability
Textbooks and recommended reading materials for students attending:
1. Notes made in the class.
2. The reading materials indicated during the course.
3. B.G. Bello, L. Scudieri (a cura di), L'odio online: forme, prevenzione e contrasto, G. Giappichelli, Torino, 2022.
Textbooks and recommended reading materials for not attending students:
1. F. Prina, Devianza e criminalità. Concetti, metodi di ricerca, cause, politiche, Carocci editore, Roma, 2019 or other text agreed with the teacher.
2. Z. Bauman, D. Lyon, Liquid Surveillance: A Conversation, 2013.
3. B.G. Bello, L. Scudieri (a cura di), L'odio online: forme, prevenzione e contrasto, G. Giappichelli, Torino, 2022.
Office hours: At the end of each lesson in the classroom or by appointment via e-mail (laura.scudieri@unige.it).
October, 2022
All class schedules are posted on the EasyAcademy portal.
The examination will be in oral form.
The exercises, the small group activities, the classroom thematic discussions and finally the oral interview will aim at evaluating the learning and the reworking of the contents from the candidates, as well as their critical reasoning skills and their public speaking ability.
| Date | Time | Location | Type | Notes |
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| 21/12/2022 | 14:00 | GENOVA | Orale | |
| 19/01/2023 | 14:00 | GENOVA | Orale | |
| 08/02/2023 | 10:00 | GENOVA | Orale | |
| 01/06/2023 | 14:00 | GENOVA | Orale | |
| 15/06/2023 | 14:00 | GENOVA | Orale | |
| 13/07/2023 | 14:00 | GENOVA | Orale | |
| 07/09/2023 | 14:00 | GENOVA | Orale |
Students with disabilities or learning disorders are allowed to use specific modalities and supports that will be determined on a case-by-case basis in agreement with the Delegate of the Engineering courses in the Committee for the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities. Students are invited to contact the teacher of this course and copy the Delegate (https://unige.it/commissioni/comitatoperlinclusionedeglistudenticondisa…).