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CODE 83834
ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023
CREDITS
SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR SPS/12
LANGUAGE Italian
TEACHING LOCATION
  • SAVONA
SEMESTER 1° Semester
MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di:
TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

OVERVIEW

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.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

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.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

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.

TEACHING METHODS

- Frontal and remote synchronous lessons;

- Exercises/small groups activities;

- Classroom discussions on the topics dealt with, starting from the analysis of case studies.

 

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

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

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

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.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

SALVATORE BRUNO BARBA (President)

LAURA SCUDIERI (President)

ILARIA TORRE

LESSONS

LESSONS START

October, 2022

Class schedule

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EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The examination will be in oral form.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

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.

Exam schedule

Data Ora Luogo Degree type Note
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

FURTHER INFORMATION

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/comitatoperlinclusionedeglistudenticondisabilita.html).