SOCIOLOGY OF DIGITAL MEDIA

The importance of data in social life and sociological research, digital media and their historical context, the web as a space for social interaction, criticisms of social connectivity in digital platforms.

The course takes place essentially in the form of the frontal lesson, with extensive use of tools for student involvement: questions for the verification of concepts, collective discussion of crucial cases, digital tools for involvement and participation.

Big data and social sciences, computational social science, digital platforms and social research, history of digital media, the social effects of the web.

MODULO A The centrality of data for the study of digital social processes

Texts:

- D. Bennato, Il computer come macroscopio. Big data e approccio computazionale per comprendere i cambiamenti sociali e culturali, Milano, Franco Angeli, 2015, pp. 145.

- R. Rogers, Digital methods, Cambridge, MIT Press, 2013, pp.282.

MODULO B History and sociology of digital media

Texts:

- G. Balbi, P. Magaudda, Storia dei media digitali, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2014, pp. 204.

MODULO C Social media as platforms and as social processes

Texts:

- G. B. Artieri, a cura di, Gli effetti sociali del web, Milano, Franco Angeli, 2015, pp. 272.

- S. Turkle, Alone together, New York, Basic Books, 2011, pp. 386.

Please remember that in compliance with art 171 L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.

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All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.