POLITICHE SOCIALI E AMMINISTRAZIONE DIGITALE

6 CFU - 2° Semester

DEBORAH DE FELICE

Detailed Course Content

SOCIO-LEGAL PROFILES IN TRANSFORMATION OF PUBLIC ACTION
The course offers some perspectives of sociological analysis on the subject of communication and the relationship between action and communication in complex organizational contexts. Social policies form the basis for investigating the mechanisms of media functioning and the transformation of public action.
Methods for analyzing communication 2.0
The module provides an overview of the regulatory, theoretical and methodological tools available for the analysis of public communication in local administrations, with specific reference to social services. The acquisition of knowledge and skills for the management and interpretation of information related to the communicative flow of specific decision-making contexts is expected. Particular attention will be given to the analysis and interpretation of textual materials and textbooks as a tool for social research. Both technical and theoretical information on the processes that regulate the analytical logic of T-LAB software will be provided.

SOCIO-LEGAL PROFILES IN TRANSFORMATION OF PUBLIC ACTION
Luhmann N., De Giorgi R., “I media della comunicazione” in Teoria della società pp-61-168.

Readings: Luhmann N. “What is communication?” in Theories of distinction. Rediscribing the description of modernity pp. 155-168;

Febbrajo and Harste (ed) Law and Interystemic communication. Understanding structural coupling Ashgate, 2013;

Luhmann N., “Comunicazione e Azione” in Sistemi sociali cap. 4, pp. 251-303.
Methods for analyzing communication 2.0
Villadsen K. (2008), “Polyphonic welfare: Luhmann’s system theory applied to modern social work” in International journal of Social Welfare, 2008 pp-65-73.

Lancia F. (2004), Strumenti per l'analisi dei testi. Introduzione all'uso di T-LAB, Milano: FrancoAngeli, Parte Prima, pp. 9-95.

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