Public opinion analysis
A.A. 2018/2019
Obiettivi formativi
The course aims to provide students both with the conceptual tools and the methodological skills for the analysis of public opinion process. Each student attending classes is expected to conduct a single case study or a comparative analysis based on international values surveys, European electoral data, or social media contents.
Risultati apprendimento attesi
Non definiti
Periodo: Primo trimestre
Modalità di valutazione: Esame
Giudizio di valutazione: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Corso singolo
Questo insegnamento non può essere seguito come corso singolo. Puoi trovare gli insegnamenti disponibili consultando il catalogo corsi singoli.
Programma e organizzazione didattica
Edizione unica
Responsabile
Periodo
Primo trimestre
STUDENTI FREQUENTANTI
Programma
This course deals with classical and modern issues in public opinion theory and research, such as the nature of mass beliefs; old and new forms of political participation; changing values and ideological orientations; elections and electoral behaviours; the social bases of party support; media and political polarization; social media and public opinion; political representation and the democratic process. In addition to addressing these issues from a theoretical perspective, the course will encourage students to tackle them on an empirical basis.
The course programme will be divided into three broad areas:
1. PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH AND THEORY
2. POLITICAL ATTITUDES AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOUR
3. PUBLIC OPINION BETWEEN OLD AND NEW MEDIA
The course programme will be divided into three broad areas:
1. PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH AND THEORY
2. POLITICAL ATTITUDES AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOUR
3. PUBLIC OPINION BETWEEN OLD AND NEW MEDIA
Informazioni sul programma
Lecture slides and other course materials can be found in the course website.
Prerequisiti
Final written examination: 40% of the course grade
Research paper: 40%
Active articipation: 20%
Research paper: 40%
Active articipation: 20%
Materiale di riferimento
STUDENTI NON FREQUENTANTI
Andrew J. Perrin and Katherine McFarland, Social Theory and Public Opinion, Annual Review of Sociology, 2011, 37:87-107.
Dalton, R. J., Citizen Politics: Public Opinion and Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies, CQ Press, 6th Edition, [Paperback] 2013
Markus Prior, Media and Political Polarization, Annual Review of Political Science, 2013, 16:101-127
Henry Farrell , The Consequences of the Internet for Politics, Annual Review of Political Science, 2012, 15:35-52
Dalton, R. J., Citizen Politics: Public Opinion and Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies, CQ Press, 6th Edition, [Paperback] 2013
Markus Prior, Media and Political Polarization, Annual Review of Political Science, 2013, 16:101-127
Henry Farrell , The Consequences of the Internet for Politics, Annual Review of Political Science, 2012, 15:35-52
Programma
This course deals with classical and modern issues in public opinion theory and research, such as the nature of mass beliefs; old and new forms of political participation; changing values and ideological orientations; elections and electoral behaviours; the social bases of party support; media and political polarization; social media and public opinion; political representation and the democratic process.
The course programme will be divided into three broad areas:
1. PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH AND THEORY
2. POLITICAL ATTITUDES AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOUR
3. VOTING AND ELECTIONS IN ITALY
The course programme will be divided into three broad areas:
1. PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH AND THEORY
2. POLITICAL ATTITUDES AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOUR
3. VOTING AND ELECTIONS IN ITALY
Prerequisiti
Final written examination:
3 open-ended questions
(1 on Dalton's book, 2 on the other required readings)
Total time: 1h
3 open-ended questions
(1 on Dalton's book, 2 on the other required readings)
Total time: 1h
Materiale di riferimento
Barisione, M., "Opinioni pubbliche. Tradizioni teoriche e forme empiriche dell'opinione pubblica contemporanea", Rassegna Italiana di Sociologia, 4, 2011, pp. 571-605
Dalton, R. J., Citizen Politics: Public Opinion and Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies, CQ Press, 6th Edition, [Paperback] 2013
ITANES, Vox populi. Il voto ad alta voce del 2018, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2018
Dalton, R. J., Citizen Politics: Public Opinion and Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies, CQ Press, 6th Edition, [Paperback] 2013
ITANES, Vox populi. Il voto ad alta voce del 2018, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2018
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