SOCIOLOGY OF CULTURAL AND COMMUNICATION PROCESSES

Knowledge of the theoretical processes underlying the phenomena of communication, the sociological characteristics of mass media, knowledge of modern approaches of the sociology of cultural processes, the multidisciplinary analysis of the technological imaginary.

Mass communication theories, technological and sociological characteristics of digital media, main authors and concepts of the Sociology of cultural and communication processes, multidisciplinary analysis of a TV series with technological content.

MODULE A - Communication theories from mass media to social media

S. Bentivegna, Teorie delle comunicazioni di massa, Roma-Bari, , Laterza, 2005, pp.202.

D. Bennato, Sociologia dei media digitali, Roma-Bari, , Laterza, 2011, pp.192.

MODULE B - The social processes underlying the contemporary culture

S. Piccone Stella, L. Salmieri, Il gioco della cultura, Roma, Carocci, 2012, pp.370

MODULE C - The contemporary technological imagination

D. Bennato, a cura, Black Mirror. Distopia e antropologia digitale, Catania, Villaggio Maori, 2018, pp.167

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