The educational objective of the course is to provide students with theoretical and methodological tools for understanding the cultural processes and consider culture as an important dimension of social action and life.
By the study of Sociology of cultural processes the student will be able to achieve the following training objectives.
Knowledge of the birth and evolution of the scientific concept of culture, of cultural differentiation in modern societies, of transformation processes, cultural transmission and understanding of how culture influences society and how society influences culture.
Applying the acquired knowledge to understand the interdependencies of socio-cultural phenomena in the contemporary context:
Developing a critical reflection and Making judgements on the dynamics of differentiation, cultural pluralization
Strengthen reflective and communication skills
Consolidate Learning skills
How to link with other teachings
General Sociology; Sociology of Communication; Sociology of Religion; Anthropology
By the study of Sociology of cultural processes the student will be able to achieve the following training objectives.
Knowledge of the birth and evolution of the scientific concept of culture, of cultural differentiation in modern societies, of transformation processes, cultural transmission and understanding of how culture influences society and how society influences culture.
Applying the acquired knowledge to understand the interdependencies of socio-cultural phenomena in the contemporary context:
Developing a critical reflection and Making judgements on the dynamics of differentiation, cultural pluralization
Strengthen reflective and communication skills
Consolidate Learning skills
How to link with other teachings
General Sociology; Sociology of Communication; Sociology of Religion; Anthropology
teacher profile teaching materials
Post-truth and disinformation: the challenges of connected communication
The class deals with those learning skills which are fundamental for further studies requiring a high degree of autonomy in the field of sociology media and cultural processes, in the light of digitalization and globalization aided by the advent of consumer and media society. The educational perspective is to highlight the central role played by media in human experience in line with historic and sociological sensitivity, so as to further investigate some interpretative patterns of our reality, such as safety, uncertainty, media hypertrophy, risk, technology, rhetoric, representation, consumption, confidence, memory. While dwelling on the heuristic perspectives of communication research, the sociology of communication deals with some complex media dynamics, at a time also marked by the pandemic and war emergencies. As a result, a substantial deontological and documentary responsibility is imposed on information actors in order to cope with the perception of unsafety and uncertainty. Hence the necessity to impart the requisite media and cultural knowledge to students who are called upon to examine the huge amount of information and contents shaping the digital media-sphere.
Program of the class:
• Sociology of media: methodological and theoretical notes
• The risks of connected society and information deontology
• Education and information
• Journalism between mainstream and digital devices
• Post-truth as a epistemological insight
• The drawbacks of disinformation
• Narration, news, education: what kind of democracy?
• Cultures of Inclusion: the challenges of new media
• Lack of transparency and informative mystification
- In case of 6 CFUs curriculum it is compulsory to integrate the aforementioned program with the contents taught by professor Cecilia Costa in the general section of the curriculum (3 CFUs).
Mutuazione: 22910008 SOCIOLOGIA DEI PROCESSI CULTURALI in Coordinatore dei servizi educativi e dei servizi sociali LM-50 lombardinilo andrea, COSTA CECILIA
Programme
Title of the class:Post-truth and disinformation: the challenges of connected communication
The class deals with those learning skills which are fundamental for further studies requiring a high degree of autonomy in the field of sociology media and cultural processes, in the light of digitalization and globalization aided by the advent of consumer and media society. The educational perspective is to highlight the central role played by media in human experience in line with historic and sociological sensitivity, so as to further investigate some interpretative patterns of our reality, such as safety, uncertainty, media hypertrophy, risk, technology, rhetoric, representation, consumption, confidence, memory. While dwelling on the heuristic perspectives of communication research, the sociology of communication deals with some complex media dynamics, at a time also marked by the pandemic and war emergencies. As a result, a substantial deontological and documentary responsibility is imposed on information actors in order to cope with the perception of unsafety and uncertainty. Hence the necessity to impart the requisite media and cultural knowledge to students who are called upon to examine the huge amount of information and contents shaping the digital media-sphere.
Program of the class:
• Sociology of media: methodological and theoretical notes
• The risks of connected society and information deontology
• Education and information
• Journalism between mainstream and digital devices
• Post-truth as a epistemological insight
• The drawbacks of disinformation
• Narration, news, education: what kind of democracy?
• Cultures of Inclusion: the challenges of new media
• Lack of transparency and informative mystification
Core Documentation
- In case of a 3 CFUs curriculum: Lee McIntyre, On Disinformation, The MIT Press, 2023.- In case of 6 CFUs curriculum it is compulsory to integrate the aforementioned program with the contents taught by professor Cecilia Costa in the general section of the curriculum (3 CFUs).
Attendance
Free attendance, warmly suggestedType of evaluation
Oral exam, evaluated in thirtieths, which aims at verifying the ability to clearly and autonomously outline the topics of the course. teacher profile teaching materials
- The foundations of sociological knowledge
- Sociological theories and methodologies
- The birth of the scientific concept of culture
- The idea of culture in the three sociological traditions
- Relationship between nature, culture and society
- Cultural differentiation and pluralism in modern societies
- How society influences culture
- How culture influences society
- The processes of cultural transformation, transmission and conservation.
(The text can be replaced with my lecture notes).
Mutuazione: 22910008 SOCIOLOGIA DEI PROCESSI CULTURALI in Coordinatore dei servizi educativi e dei servizi sociali LM-50 lombardinilo andrea, COSTA CECILIA
Programme
Course programme:- The foundations of sociological knowledge
- Sociological theories and methodologies
- The birth of the scientific concept of culture
- The idea of culture in the three sociological traditions
- Relationship between nature, culture and society
- Cultural differentiation and pluralism in modern societies
- How society influences culture
- How culture influences society
- The processes of cultural transformation, transmission and conservation.
Core Documentation
L. Sciolla, Sociologia dei processi culturali, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2020.(The text can be replaced with my lecture notes).
Attendance
Attendance not mandatory. Lessons are given in the second semester: on Monday - 12.00-14.00 am. Lessons start on 3 March 2025.Type of evaluation
The oral test is required to pass the examination.