Alfonso AMENDOLA | SOCIOLOGY OF CULTURAL PROCESSES AND INTERNET STUDIES
Alfonso AMENDOLA SOCIOLOGY OF CULTURAL PROCESSES AND INTERNET STUDIES
cod. 1212500024
SOCIOLOGY OF CULTURAL PROCESSES AND INTERNET STUDIES
| 1212500024 | |
| DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT & INNOVATION SYSTEMS | |
| EQF6 | |
| DIPLOMATIC, INTERNATIONAL AND GLOBAL SECURITY STUDIES | |
| 2024/2025 |
| OBBLIGATORIO | |
| YEAR OF COURSE 1 | |
| YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2019 | |
| AUTUMN SEMESTER |
| SSD | CFU | HOURS | ACTIVITY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPS/08 | 9 | 63 | LESSONS |
| Exam | Date | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SALZANO | 10/12/2024 - 10:30 | SESSIONE ORDINARIA | |
| SALZANO | 10/12/2024 - 10:30 | SESSIONE DI RECUPERO |
| Objectives | |
|---|---|
| THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF THE SOCIOLOGY OF CULTURAL AND MEDIA PROCESSES WITH A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON INTERNET STUDIES. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE COURSE IS TO SOCIOLOGICALLY ARGUE THE TRANSITION FROM TRADITIONAL MEDIA TO NEW MEDIA, ANALYZING THE CENTRALITY OF THE MEANS OF COMMUNICATION IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY AND THEIR ROLE AS "DEFINERS OF REALITY" AND "SOCIO-TECHNICAL" APPARATUSES. IN THE FIELD OF INTERNET STUDIES, PARTICULAR ATTENTION WILL BE PAID TO THE THEORIES OF COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION AND DIGITAL ANALYTICAL METHODOLOGY, WHICH INTEGRATES CLASSIC METHODS OF SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS WITH DIGITAL METHODS. THE GROWING IMPORTANCE ASSUMED BY THICK DATA IN THE EXAMINATION OF BIG DATA POSES, IN FACT, THE NEED FOR AN ETHNOGRAPHIC APPROACH TO ANALYZE THE IMPLICATIONS AND CRITICAL ISSUES OF THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION STORED AND MANAGED BY LARGE GLOBAL REPOSITORIES. THE SPECIFIC FOCUS ON DIGITAL TECHNIQUES CAPABLE OF ANALYZING THE DATA CIRCULATING THROUGH SOCIALIZATION, SHARING AND INFORMATION PLATFORMS WILL FAVOR QUALITATIVE NETNOGRAPHIC APPROACHES. THE CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONSHIPS OF THE DIGITAL MEDIA SYSTEM AND THE FORMS WITH WHICH INDIVIDUAL KNOWLEDGE, WIDESPREAD KNOWLEDGE AND THE STRUCTURAL HORIZONS OF COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE ARE ORIENTED AND STRUCTURED WILL THEREFORE BE STUDIED STARTING FROM THE ANALYSIS OF THE DIGITAL MEDIUM AND THE DEVICES ASSOCIATED WITH IT, IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THE SOCIO-CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS OF DIGITAL NETWORKS AND TELEMATIC NETWORKING PLATFORMS. |
| Prerequisites | |
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| PREREQUISITES: GOOD REASONING ABILITY, SENSE CRITICAL, OVERVIEW, ATTENTION TO CONTEXT, ANALYSIS AND SUMMARY SKILLS, ABILITY TO DEVELOP THE DIVERGENT THINKING, CREATIVITY, INTUITION, JUDGEMENT. |
| Contents | |
|---|---|
| THE COURSE AIMS TO ANALYZE THE TRANSITION FROM TRADITIONAL MEDIA TO NEW MEDIA AND THE ROLE OF COMMUNICATION MEDIA IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY AS DEFINERS OF REALITY AND SOCIO-TECHNICAL APPARATUSES. AN IMPORTANT THEMATIC FOCUS IS THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE FUNCTIONING AND SOCIO-CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS OF DIGITAL NETWORKS AND TELEMATIC NETWORKING PLATFORMS. PARTICULAR ATTENTION WILL THEREFORE BE DEDICATED TO INTERNET STUDIES, THEORIES OF COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION AND DIGITAL METHODS, IN PARTICULAR TO THE QUALITATIVE NETNOGRAPHIC APPROACH IN THE ANALYSIS OF TICK DATA. |
| Teaching Methods | |
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| TEACHING METHODS: LECTURES, WORKSHOPS |
| Verification of learning | |
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| ORAL EXAMINATION ON THE CONTENTS OF THE COURSE |
| Texts | |
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| 1) RICHARD ROGERS, METODI DIGITALI. FARE RICERCA SOCIALE CON IL WEB, IL MULINO 2016 2) SALZANO D., ETNOGRAFIE DELLA RETE. PRATICHE COMUNICATIVE TRA ONLINE E OFFLINE, FRANCO ANGELI, 2008 2) AMENDOLA:, D'ANTONIO G. (A CURA DI), LA VISIONE DIGITALE, EDIZIONI FDA, 2022 |
| More Information | |
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| THE COURSE CONSISTS OF 84 HOURS OF LESSON DIVIDED INTO TWO MODULES (62HOURS WITH PROF. DIANA SALZANO AND 22 HOURS WITH PROF. ALFONSO AMENDOLA) |
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