20706080 - Communication sociology

The course aims:
• To introduce the main concepts of the sociology of communication, with particular reference to interpersonal communication.
• Strengthen the students’ communicative competences through the participation in class laboratories and group tasks, thus enabling them to also improve their teamwork competencies.
• Strengthen students’ capacities of critical analysis through interactive and laboratorial teaching strategies.
• Promote the acquisition of the necessary competences to avoid the pathological forms of communication in the daily life and encourage “ecological” discursive practices.

Curriculum

Canali

Mutuazione: 20706080 SOCIOLOGIA DELLA COMUNICAZIONE in DAMS (Discipline delle Arti, della Musica e dello Spettacolo) L-3 (docente da definire)

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Programme

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: interaction rituals, framing practices, rules of conversation, the relation between communication and social identities, pathological forms of communicative interaction. A special focus will consider the discursive practices of social construction of mental illness.
The second part of the course will shed light on the social representations and the types of knowledge produced by media. In particular, the medial representation of gender identities, ethnicity, generation and social class will be considered.


Core Documentation

a) Anna Lisa Tota, Ecologia della Parola. Etica e Politica della Conversazione (in publication).

b) The following articles and essays available at
http://filosofiacomunicazionespettacolo.uniroma3.it
1) Paul Watzlavick, 1988, “Le profezie che si autodeterminano”, in La realtà inventata, a cura di Paul Watzlawick, Feltrinelli, Milano, pp. 87-104.
2) David Rosenhan, "Essere sani in posti insani", in La realtà inventata, a cura di Paul Watzlawick, Feltrinelli, Milano, 1988, pp. 105-127.
3) Harold Garfinkel, 2000, Agnese, Armando, Roma, pp. 47 - 125.
4) David Sudnow, 1965, “L’organizzazione sociale della morte”, in A. Dal Lago, P. P. Giglioli (a cura di) (1983), Etnometodologia, Il Mulino, Bologna, pp. 121-143
5) Harvey Sacks, 1972, “Come la polizia valuta la moralità delle persone basandosi sul loro aspetto”, in A. Dal Lago, P. P. Giglioli (a cura di) (1983), Etnometodologia, Il Mulino, Bologna, pp. 177-196.
6) Erving Goffman, 1969, La vita quotidiana come rappresentazione, Il Mulino, Bologna (prefazione – cap. 1 “Rappresentazioni” – cap. 2 “Equipes”), pp. 9-126.
7) Alfred Schütz, 1944, Lo straniero. Un saggio di psicologia sociale, in Simonetta Tabboni (a cura di) (1993), Vicinanza e lontananza. Modelli e figure dello straniero come categoria sociologica, Milano, Angeli, pp. 127-143.
8) Stuart Hall, 1980, "Codifica e decodifica", in Tele-visioni, A. Marinelli e G. Fatell ( cura di) (2000), Meltemi, Roma, pp. 67-84.

Moreover, the following texts are suggested, but not mandatory for the exam:

1) Paul Watzlavick et all., 1971, Pragmatica della comunicazione umana, Astrolabio, Roma, cap. 1 “Presupposti teorici”, cap. 2 “Tentativo di fissare alcuni assiomi della comunicazione” e cap. 3 “La comunicazione patologica”, pp. 13-111.
2) Georg Simmel, 1903, Le metropoli e la vita dello spirito, Armando, Roma, pp. 35-57.
3) Anna Lisa Tota (a cura di), 2008, Gender e media. Verso un immaginario sostenibile, Roma, Meltemi.


Type of delivery of the course

The course will be based on traditional lectures and two workshops with working-groups.

Attendance

Attendance is mandatory. The maximum absences allowed will be three (9 hours).

Type of evaluation

The written exam will last two hours and it will consist of three questions, which the students will have to reply extensively.

Canali

teacher profile | teaching materials

Programme

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: interaction rituals, framing practices, rules of conversation, the relation between communication and social identities, pathological forms of communicative interaction. A special focus will consider the discursive practices of social construction of mental illness.
The second part of the course will shed light on the social representations and the types of knowledge produced by the media. In particular, the medial representation of gender identities, ethnicity, generation and social class will be considered.


Core Documentation

a) Anna Lisa Tota, Ecologia della Parola. Il piacere della conversazione (in publication).

b) The following articles and essays available on the personal web page of the professor hosted on the website
http://filosofiacomunicazionespettacolo.uniroma3.it:

1) Paul Watzlavick, 1988, “Le profezie che si autodeterminano”, in La realtà inventata, a cura di Paul Watzlawick, Feltrinelli, Milano, pp. 87-104.
2) David Rosenhan, "Essere sani in posti insani", in La realtà inventata, a cura di Paul Watzlawick, Feltrinelli, Milano, 1988, pp. 105-127.
3) Harold Garfinkel, 2000, Agnese, Armando, Roma, pp. 47 - 125.
4) David Sudnow, 1965, “L’organizzazione sociale della morte”, in A. Dal Lago, P. P. Giglioli (a cura di) (1983), Etnometodologia, Il Mulino, Bologna, pp. 121-143
5) Harvey Sacks, 1972, “Come la polizia valuta la moralità delle persone basandosi sul loro aspetto”, in A. Dal Lago, P. P. Giglioli (a cura di) (1983), Etnometodologia, Il Mulino, Bologna, pp. 177-196.
6) Erving Goffman, 1969, La vita quotidiana come rappresentazione, Il Mulino, Bologna (prefazione – cap. 1 “Rappresentazioni” – cap. 2 “Equipes”), pp. 9-126.
7) Alfred Schütz, 1944, Lo straniero. Un saggio di psicologia sociale, in Simonetta Tabboni (a cura di) (1993), Vicinanza e lontananza. Modelli e figure dello straniero come categoria sociologica, Milano, Angeli, pp. 127-143.
8) Stuart Hall, 1980, "Codifica e decodifica", in Tele-visioni, A. Marinelli e G. Fatell ( cura di) (2000), Meltemi, Roma, pp. 67-84.



Reference Bibliography

Moreover, the following texts are suggested, but not mandatory for the exam: 1) Paul Watzlavick et all., 1971, Pragmatica della comunicazione umana, Astrolabio, Roma, cap. 1 “Presupposti teorici”, cap. 2 “Tentativo di fissare alcuni assiomi della comunicazione” e cap. 3 “La comunicazione patologica”, pp. 13-111. 2) Georg Simmel, 1903, Le metropoli e la vita dello spirito, Armando, Roma, pp. 35-57. 3) Anna Lisa Tota (ed.), 2008, Gender e media. Verso un immaginario sostenibile, Roma, Meltemi.

Type of delivery of the course

The course will be based on traditional lectures and two workshops with working-groups.

Attendance

Attendance is mandatory. The maximum absences allowed will be three (9 hours).

Type of evaluation

Additional teaching materials will be published on the personal web page of the professor hosted on the website of the Department of Philosophy, Communication and Arts (http://filosofiacomunicazionespettacolo.uniroma3.it). The written exam will last two hours and it will consist of three questions, that the students will have to reply extensively.

teacher profile | teaching materials

Programme

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: interaction rituals, framing practices, rules of conversation, the relation between communication and social identities, pathological forms of communicative interaction. A special focus will consider the discursive practices of social construction of mental illness.
The second part of the course will shed light on the social representations and the types of knowledge produced by media. In particular, the medial representation of gender identities, ethnicity, generation and social class will be considered.


Core Documentation

a) Anna Lisa Tota, Ecologia della Parola. Etica e Politica della Conversazione (in publication).

b) The following articles and essays available at
http://filosofiacomunicazionespettacolo.uniroma3.it
1) Paul Watzlavick, 1988, “Le profezie che si autodeterminano”, in La realtà inventata, a cura di Paul Watzlawick, Feltrinelli, Milano, pp. 87-104.
2) David Rosenhan, "Essere sani in posti insani", in La realtà inventata, a cura di Paul Watzlawick, Feltrinelli, Milano, 1988, pp. 105-127.
3) Harold Garfinkel, 2000, Agnese, Armando, Roma, pp. 47 - 125.
4) David Sudnow, 1965, “L’organizzazione sociale della morte”, in A. Dal Lago, P. P. Giglioli (a cura di) (1983), Etnometodologia, Il Mulino, Bologna, pp. 121-143
5) Harvey Sacks, 1972, “Come la polizia valuta la moralità delle persone basandosi sul loro aspetto”, in A. Dal Lago, P. P. Giglioli (a cura di) (1983), Etnometodologia, Il Mulino, Bologna, pp. 177-196.
6) Erving Goffman, 1969, La vita quotidiana come rappresentazione, Il Mulino, Bologna (prefazione – cap. 1 “Rappresentazioni” – cap. 2 “Equipes”), pp. 9-126.
7) Alfred Schütz, 1944, Lo straniero. Un saggio di psicologia sociale, in Simonetta Tabboni (a cura di) (1993), Vicinanza e lontananza. Modelli e figure dello straniero come categoria sociologica, Milano, Angeli, pp. 127-143.
8) Stuart Hall, 1980, "Codifica e decodifica", in Tele-visioni, A. Marinelli e G. Fatell ( cura di) (2000), Meltemi, Roma, pp. 67-84.

Moreover, the following texts are suggested, but not mandatory for the exam:

1) Paul Watzlavick et all., 1971, Pragmatica della comunicazione umana, Astrolabio, Roma, cap. 1 “Presupposti teorici”, cap. 2 “Tentativo di fissare alcuni assiomi della comunicazione” e cap. 3 “La comunicazione patologica”, pp. 13-111.
2) Georg Simmel, 1903, Le metropoli e la vita dello spirito, Armando, Roma, pp. 35-57.
3) Anna Lisa Tota (a cura di), 2008, Gender e media. Verso un immaginario sostenibile, Roma, Meltemi.


Type of delivery of the course

The course will be based on traditional lectures and two workshops with working-groups.

Attendance

Attendance is mandatory. The maximum absences allowed will be three (9 hours).

Type of evaluation

The written exam will last two hours and it will consist of three questions, which the students will have to reply extensively.