Unit SOCIOLOGY OF DIGITAL MEDIA
- Course
- Communication sciences
- Study-unit Code
- A001404
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Rita Marchetti
- Teachers
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- Rita Marchetti
- Hours
- 63 ore - Rita Marchetti
- CFU
- 9
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2021
- Offered
- 2022/23
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Metodologie, analisi e tecniche della comunicazione
- Academic discipline
- SPS/08
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
Based on the classical theories of communication, the theories of the digital media will be treated in the light of the changed media panorama and the sociocultural and technological transformations of the current information society.
In particular, the course will address the following arguments: big data, social processes of digital media, history of digital media, the social effects of the web.- Reference texts
ATTENDING STUDENTS
Lectures by the professor will be available on Unistudium since the beginning of the lessons
NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS
Stella R., Riva C., Scarcelli C. M., Drusian M. (2018 seconda edizione). Sociologia dei new media. Novara: UTET
Balbi G, Magaudda P. (2021) Media digitali. La storia, i contesti sociali, le narrazioni. Roma-Bari: Laterza- Educational objectives
At the end of the course students will be able to:
- demonstrate their knowledge about the main theories on digital communication and social media;
- apply, with independent judgment, the acquired knowledge to contemporary culture contexts of production and consumption.- Prerequisites
No specific prerequisities are required.- Teaching methods
Three lessons per week.
Frontal lessons, work group and discussion in the classroom.- Other information
Attendance is strongly recommended.- Learning verification modality
Oral examination. In order to understand how students learn and what they know, the oral exam is essential, in particular to evaluate the level of knowledge reached by the students on the implications mentioned during the course.
The oral exam will also test the communication skills of the student with particular attention to compliance with the rules of public speaking.
NB: Non-attending students are not required to conduct the exercise.
Attending students are exonerate to study half of the book chosen. The teacher will provide detailed instructions during the course.
Facilities for special needs students:
http://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa- Extended program
1. Definition of digital media: digital or new media?
2. The history of the computer, the Internet, the web and social media
3. Authors and theories of digital media
4. Digital media in relational and identity processes (online identity; strong and weak lies and social capital; mobile and local spaces)
5. The information and knowledge society (big data; from the network society to the platform society; connected audiences; convergence culture and participation; digital inequalities; information disorder; polarization, filter bubble, echo chamber)