WEB SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL IMPACTS

Giuseppina CERSOSIMO WEB SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL IMPACTS

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DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL STUDIES
EQF7
SOCIOLOGY AND POLICY-MAKING FROM A TERRITORIAL PERSPECTIVE
2025/2026

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2011
AUTUMN SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
640LESSONS
Objectives
AIM OF THE COURSE IS THAT STUDENT ACQUIRE THE KNOWLEDGE OF HOW TECHNOLOGY SPREADS ITS CAPACITY INSIDE SOCIAL RELATIONS, AS WELL AS ITS ABILITY AND ITS LIMITS.
ALONG THIS OPPORTUNITY EVERY STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY INDEPENDENTLY THOSE NEW KNOWLEDGE AS PARTS OF HIS ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL DYNAMICS AND TO COMMUNICATE THE SAME ACQUISITION TO OTHERS, EXPERTS OR NO. FROM ALL THIS STUDENTS WILL ACQUIRE A METHOD USEFUL TO DEVELOP FURTHER STUDIES AND READINGS.


Prerequisites
THE COURSE DOES NOT HAVE PREREQUISITES.
Contents
THE COURSE WILL EXPOUND MAIN THEORIES OF VIRTUAL COMMUNICATION, CONNECTING THOSE PREMISES WITH THE NEW CONSTRUCTION OF REALITY, PREMISE OF A NEW VIRTUAL COMMUNITY. FROM THIS STANDPOINT IT’S ESSENTIAL THE KNOWLEDGE OF HOW AND WHY PEOPLE FEELS NEW BELONGINGS AND IDENTITIES, AND THROUGH WHICH PROCEDURES EVERYONE CAN ACHIEVE HIS MEMBERSHIP AND GROUPSHIP. A PROPER CASE STUDY WILL VERIFY AS IDENTITIES AND COMMUNICATIONS OF THE WEB CAN BECOME EXCEPTIONS AND NORMALITIES ANNOUNCING IN ADVANCE THE PROCESS OF THE POSSIBLE APPEARANCE OF CYBERBULLYING/CYBERVIOLENCE (HATE SPEECH, BODY SHAMING, SLUT-SHAMING, DOXING, GENDERSTORYTELLING, SHALLOWFAKE, ECC.).

Teaching Methods
LECTURES, EXERCISES IN CLASSROOM AND GROUP WORK
Verification of learning
THE FINAL EXAMINATION WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE EXAMINATION DATES SET THE FINAL EXAMINATION WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE EXAMINATION DATES SET AVAILABLE AT HTTPS://CORSI.UNISA.IT/03123/DIDATTICA/CALENDARI
AN ORAL TEST WILL BE HELD AT LEAST 15 DAYS AFTER THE END OF THE COURSE IN ORDER TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS ACQUIRED.
THE GRADE WILL BE EXPRESSED IN THIRTIETHS: A MINIMUM OF 18 AND A MAXIMUM OF 30, WITH POSSIBLE DISTINCTION. GRADES WILL BE AWARDED TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE FOLLOWING DIMENSIONS MASTERY OF CONTENT, APPROPRIATENESS OF THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL REFERENCES, ABILITY TO PROPOSE EXAMPLES, CLARITY OF ARGUMENTATION, QUALITY OF LANGUAGE.
Texts
GOTTSCHALK S. (2015), INTER- FACE- WORK: L'INTERAZIONE SIMBOLICA NELL'ERA DIGITALE. KURUMUNY, LECCE.
GOTTSCHALK S. , FULLER C. (2021) DE-REALIZATION AND INFRA-HUMANIZATION: A THEORY OF SYMBOLIC INTERACTION WITH DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, PP. 81-103
CERSOSIMO G. (2025),LA VIOLENZA DI GENERE NELLE RELAZIONI ONLINE. UNA RIFLESSIONE SOCIOLOGICA. IN CYBERVIOLENZA DI GENERE E NUOVE FRONTIERE NORMATIVE E GIURISPRUNDENZIALI: LA DIRETTIVA UE2024/1385. EDITORIALE SCIENTIFICA, NAPOLI, PP. 39-60.


BURRELL, J. AND FOURCADE, M. . THE SOCIETY OF ALGORITHMS (JULY 2021). ANNUAL REVIEW OF SOCIOLOGY, VOL. 47, PP. 213-237, 2021, VOL. 47, PP. 213-237, AVAILABLE AT SSRN: HTTPS://SSRN.COM/ABSTRACT=3903829 OR HTTP://DX.DOI.ORG/10.1146/ANNUREV-SOC-090820-020800

THE STUDENTS WILL ALSO HAVE TO STUDY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES:


1. ARTOLOVNI, A., MALEŠEVI, A., & POSLON, L. (2023). CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE AI IMPACT ON THE PATIENT-PHYSICIAN RELATIONSHIP: A MULTI-STAKEHOLDER QUALITATIVE STUDY. DIGITAL HEALTH, 9, 20552076231220833. HTTPS://DOI.ORG/10.1177/20552076231220833.

2. JINGWEN Z., CENTOLA D., SOCIAL NETWORKS AND HEALTH: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN DIFFUSION, ONLINE AND OFFLINE , ANNUAL REVIEW OF SOCIOLOGY, 2019 45:1, 91-109

3. BAILEY, S., PIERIDES, D., BRISLEY, A., WEISSHAAR, C., & BLAKEMAN, T. (2020). DISMEMBERING ORGANISATION: THE COORDINATION OF ALGORITHMIC WORK IN HEALTHCARE. CURRENT SOCIOLOGY, 68(4), 546–571. HTTPS://DOI.ORG/10.1177/0011392120907638

4. HOLTON R, BOYD R. ‘WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE? WHAT ARE THEY DOING? WHY ARE THEY DOING IT?’(MINDELL) SITUATING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WITHIN A SOCIO-TECHNICAL FRAMEWORK. JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY. 2021; 57(2):179-195. DOI:10.1177/1440783319873046

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