Università Roma Tre

The course aims to introduce students to the theories of media communication and their sociological analysis, promoting a critical comprehension of the relationship between mass media and contemporary society.
The course is divided into two parts: a general theoretical and one specific on the Italian society.
The first part is devoted to the analysis of the main theories and the most important models developed within the research on mass communication with special reference to the sociological field.
The second part of the module is devoted to the impact of television on Italian society and culture from from the fifties to the present day. This part will provide knowledge of the history of Italian television and its main programs at different stages and seasons of the hystory of the Nation, as well the analysis of their consequences on the behavior and on the private and collective identity of the Italians. The second part of the course includes the viewing and analysing of some of the major programs of the history of Italian television.

Exam texts

- Luciano Paccagnella, Sociologia della Comunicazione, ed. 2012 Bologna, Il Mulino, chapters 3 – 4 – 5.

- Edoardo Novelli, La democrazia del Talk-show, Carocci, Roma 2016.

– A. Micosi, Teoria e pratica del Web, Bologna, Il Mulino 2018, (new edition)