SOCIOLOGY OF CULTURAL PROCESSES

Emiliana MANGONE SOCIOLOGY OF CULTURAL PROCESSES

0312200022
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND COMMUNICATION SCIENCES
EQF6
COMMUNICATION SCIENCES
2024/2025



OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2019
AUTUMN SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
640LESSONS
Objectives
GENERAL OBJECTIVE
PROMOTE KNOWLEDGE AND CRITICAL READING OF THE PHENOMENA AND PROBLEMS OF SOCIETIES, IN PARTICULAR IN THE CONTEXT OF THE DEFINITION OF THE PERSON-SOCIETY RELATIONSHIP WHICH IS DEFINED WITHIN THE DIFFERENT CULTURAL PROCESSES.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
THE OBJECTIVE OF THE COURSE IS TO PROMOTE KNOWLEDGE AND CRITICAL READING OF THE PHENOMENA AND PROBLEMS OF GLOBAL SOCIETIES, PARTICULARLY IN THE CONTEXT OF CULTURAL PROCESSES AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS.

ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
AT THE END OF THE LESSONS THE STUDENT WILL HAVE ACQUIRED AN ABILITY TO CRITICALLY READ SOCIO-CULTURAL AND COMMUNICATIVE PHENOMENA SUCH AS TO BE ABLE TO DETERMINE RESPONSIBLE SOCIAL ACTION AND RESPONSIBLE USE OF COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS.

AUTONOMY OF JUDGEMENT
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF CULTURAL PROCESSES ON THE DYNAMICS OF SOCIETY.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO REPRESENT AND COMMUNICATE SOCIO-CULTURAL PHENOMENA IN A CRITICAL MANNER.

LEARNING ABILITY
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND INTERPRET SOCIAL REALITY BY HAVING ACQUIRED CRITICAL READING SKILLS OF SOCIO-CULTURAL DYNAMICS.
Prerequisites
BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE MAIN APPROACHES OF SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY AND THEIR APPLICATION TO CULTURAL PROCESSES
Contents
CULTURAL PROCESSES AND SOCIAL CHANGE: SOCIOLOGICAL READING OF THE PROBLEMS CONNECTED TO CULTURAL DYNAMICS AND IN PARTICULAR TO "CULTURAL WARS" AND SOLIDARITY
Teaching Methods
THE COURSE IS COMPOSED OF 40 HOURS AND WILL BE CONDUCTED WITH LESSONS/ESERCITATIONS, AND APPROACHES THROUGH CASE STUDIES AND SEMINARS
Verification of learning
THE EXAM IS AIMED AT EVALUATING KNOWLEDGE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF THE DISCIPLINE AND ITS EVOLUTION WITH THE TRANSFORMATIONS OF SOCIETY.
THE EXAM INCLUDES A WRITTEN TEST WHICH, IF A SUFFICIENT SCORE IS ACHIEVED TO PASS THE TEST (18/30), REPLACES THE ORAL TEST. THIS TEST CONSISTS OF 15 QUESTIONS WITH MULTIPLE CHOICE TESTS (3 ANSWERS OF WHICH ONLY ONE IS CORRECT) EACH OF WHICH GIVES A SCORE OF 2 (TWO), THE QUESTIONS IN ADDITION TO EVALUATING THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE COURSE CONTENTS AND THE CONTENTS OF THE SEMINARS THAT WILL BE ORGANIZED IN ORDER TO PROVIDE EXAMPLES OF APPLICATION OF THE KNOWLEDGE LEARNED, TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE ADDITIONAL FACTOR OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE. THOSE WHO DO NOT OBTAIN A SCORE THAT ALLOWS THEM TO PASS THE EXAM (>= 18/30) WILL HAVE TO REPEAT THE WRITTEN TEST AT A LATER SESSION.
Texts
MANGONE E., PICARELLA L. (2024), GUERRE CULTURALI E SOCIETÀ FRAMMENTATA. DALLA CANCEL CALTURE AL WOKE CAPITALISM, PAOLO LOFFREDO, NAPOLI.

MANGONE E. (2022). SOLIDARIETÀ SOCIALE, MONDADORI, MILANO.

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