Workshop: Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, Twitter: Creating and Filtering Information On Social Media
A.Y. 2024/2025
Learning objectives
The workshop aims to provide participating students with the necessary tools to read and interpret information through new forms of social media. Additionally, over the course of the lessons they will take into consideration techniques, records, and uses active in social media.
Expected learning outcomes
By the end of the workshop the students will understand the most widely used platforms, know how to distinguish their different functionalities and potentialities and will know how to master the technical and linguistic tools necessary for effective communication through new media.
Lesson period: First semester
Single course
This course can be attended as a single course.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
First semester
Course syllabus
In the 21st century, the growth of Internet users, the rise of social media, the spread of mobile networks, and the miniaturization of devices have disrupted the landscape of information and communication. The workshop aims to analyze the roots and future perspectives of this transformation, providing essential tools to navigate it both personally and professionally.
By the end of the workshop, students will have acquired the knowledge and critical analysis tools necessary to navigate the digital information landscape, with a focus on both conscious participation in democratic life and the enhancement of their professional skills.
By the end of the workshop, students will have acquired the knowledge and critical analysis tools necessary to navigate the digital information landscape, with a focus on both conscious participation in democratic life and the enhancement of their professional skills.
Prerequisites for admission
No prerequisites.
Teaching methods
Lectures and practicals on the topics covered by the program.
Teaching Resources
Lecture notes
Suggested readings:
Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI, by Yuval Noah Harari, Fern Press, 2024
The Platform Society, José Van Dijck, Thomas Poell e al., Oxford University Press, 2018
Comunicare. Persone, relazioni, media, di Giovanni Boccia Artieri, Fausto Colombo, e al., Laterza, 2022
Suggested readings:
Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI, by Yuval Noah Harari, Fern Press, 2024
The Platform Society, José Van Dijck, Thomas Poell e al., Oxford University Press, 2018
Comunicare. Persone, relazioni, media, di Giovanni Boccia Artieri, Fausto Colombo, e al., Laterza, 2022
Assessment methods and Criteria
Final exercise + certification (minimum frequency: 70% lectures).
Professor(s)