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20710041 SOCIOLOGY OF COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA in COMMUNICATION STUDIES L-20 A - L LUCHETTI LIA
(syllabus)
The first part of the course introduces the most relevant theories of communication, with a specific focus on interpersonal communication. The following topics are considered: verbal and non-verbal communication, interaction rituals, framing practices, rules of conversation, the relation between communication and social identities, pathological forms of communicative interaction. The second part of the course introduces the main models of media analysis and the main theoretical perspectives of sociology of media, with a specific focus on the audience analysis, the media reception and the main theories related to media effects. In particular, the social changes led by digital media in the contemporary society and the medial representations of identities will be considered.
(reference books)
a) Anna Lisa Tota, 2020, Ecologia della Parola. Il piacere della Conversazione, Einaudi, Torino.
b) Denis McQuail, 2007, Sociologia dei media, Il Mulino, Bologna (only the following chapters: 1. Introduzione; 2. La nascita dei mezzi di comunicazione di massa; 3. Concetti e modelli per le comunicazioni di massa; 4. Teorie dei media e teorie della società; 5. Comunicazione di massa e cultura; 16. La ricerca sugli effetti; 17. Effetti socio-culturali).
c) Stuart Hall, 1980, "Codifica e decodifica", in Tele-visioni, edited by A. Marinelli, G. Fatelli (2000), Meltemi, Roma, pp. 67-84.
d) José Van Dijck, Thomas Poell, Martijn de Waal (2019), Platform Society. Valori pubblici e società connessa, edited by G. Boccia Artieri e A. Marinelli (only the introduction, “Per un’economia politica delle piattaforme” e the first chapther , “Platform Society: un concetto controverso”), Guerini, Milano, pp. 9-21 e 35-74.
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