21810257 - POLITICAL COMMUNICATION

The course aims to provide students with the knowledge and critical tools to understand the ongoing changes in models and forms of participation in the modern public scene, due to the increasingly close interaction between the political system and its actors, on the one hand, and between the media and communication system, on the other.
The first part of the course is dedicated to the changings taking place within the public and political scene and to the most relevant theoretical contributions. The second part will examine the important changes which have occurred in the political communication in the recent history of Italy. In the third part, the role played by television and social media in the popularisation of politics will be analysed.
The course includes the viewing and analysis of audiovisual propaganda materials such as television programs, documentaries, commercials, posters. A good knowledge of contemporary Italian history is a prerequisite.
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Fruizione: 20705170 COMUNICAZIONE POLITICA in Cinema, televisione e produzione multimediale LM-65 N0 NOVELLI EDOARDO

Programme

The first part of the course is devoted to the changes taking place within the public and political scene and the most important theoretical contributions. In the second part will be considered the main areas of transformation of political communication in relation to the recent history of Italy. In the third part will analyze the role played by television and social media in the popularization of politics.
The course includes the viewing and analysis of audiovisual materials propaganda such as television programs, documentaries, commercials, posters.

Core Documentation

Examination program
- E. Novelli, Le campagne elettorali in Italia, Laterza, Roma 2018.
- G. Mazzoleni, R. Bracciale, La politica pop online, Il Mulino, Bologna 2019.
- C. Lombardo, E. Novelli, C. Ruggiero, (a cura di), La società nelle urne, Franco Angeli, Milano 2019, solo parte seconda pag. 115-285.

For students of the Master's Degree in International Relations of Political Science, for which the examination is worth eight credits, the program also includes one of the following texts:
- C. Lombardo, E. Novelli, C. Ruggiero, (a cura di), La società nelle urne, Franco Angeli, Milano 2019, pag. 11-112.
- Paolo Mancini, Il PostPartito, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2015.
- Ilvo Diamanti, Marc Lazar, Popolocrazia, Laterza, Roma 2018.

Type of delivery of the course

Frontal teaching

Attendance

Attendance is not mandatory but highly recommended.

Type of evaluation

Oral exam on the course texts