Digital society
A.A. 2025/2026
Obiettivi formativi
(1) Comprendere la società digitale attraverso l'applicazione di cinque obiettivi generali: politica, economia, lavoro, cultura e storia.
(2) Comprendere come queste preoccupazioni accademiche si collegano ad argomenti della scienza e a questioni di rilevanza sociale.
(3) Imparare ad analizzare la rappresentazione visiva del cambiamento tecnologico attraverso il consumo di artefatti cinematografici.
(2) Comprendere come queste preoccupazioni accademiche si collegano ad argomenti della scienza e a questioni di rilevanza sociale.
(3) Imparare ad analizzare la rappresentazione visiva del cambiamento tecnologico attraverso il consumo di artefatti cinematografici.
Risultati apprendimento attesi
Entro la fine del corso gli studenti acquisiranno la capacità di valutare criticamente e discutere l'impatto, lo sviluppo e l'uso delle tecnologie digitali e la loro incorporazione nei mondi e nelle istituzioni sociali. L'esame finale mira a verificare i risultati di apprendimento attesi in relazione a come le tecnologie digitali stanno plasmando la società odierna; i più importanti dibattiti teorici intorno alle società digitali, alla cultura e all'economia e al ruolo della tecnologia nella vita quotidiana.
Periodo: Primo trimestre
Modalità di valutazione: Esame
Giudizio di valutazione: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Corso singolo
Questo insegnamento può essere seguito come corso singolo.
Programma e organizzazione didattica
Edizione unica
Responsabile
Periodo
Primo trimestre
Programma
(1) To understand digital society through the application of five broad lenses - politics, economics, work, culture, and history.
(2) To understand how these academic concerns relate to topics in the and to issues of social relevance.
(2) To understand how these academic concerns relate to topics in the and to issues of social relevance.
Prerequisiti
Basic listening, reading, and speaking skills in English.
Metodi didattici
Frontal lessons
Materiale di riferimento
Readings (To Download)
C. Wright Mills, "The Promise."
Sue Halpern, "How He Used Facebook to Win."
S. C. Stokes, "Political Parties and Democracy."
Kate Dommett et. al, "Are Digital Parties the Future of Party Organization?"
Clay Shirky, "Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable."
Philip Napoli, "Media Economics and Media Policy: The Good and the Bad."
Edward Helmore, "The digital media bubble has burst. Where does the industry go from here?"
Brett Danaher et. al. "Understanding Media Markets in the Digital Age: Economics and Methodology."
Thomas Coase, "The Theory of the Firm."
Emma Goldberg, "A Two-Year, 50-Million-Person Experiment in Changing How We Work"
Gina Neff et. al, "Permanently Beta."
Charlie Warzel, "Elon Musk Revealed What Twitter Always Was"
Bruno Latour, "Mixing Humans and Non-Humans Together: The Sociology of a Door Closer."
Ruben Cohn-Gordon, "ChatGPTs Very Inhuman Mind."
Christina Dunbar-Hester, "Glamorous factories of unpredictable freedom": Care, Coalition, and Hacking Hacking.
Daniel Cohen, "To Monopolize our Ears."
Blake Hallinhan et. al, "Recommended for you: The Netflix Prize and the production of algorithmic culture."
Edward Mendelson, "In the Depths of the Digital."
James Carey, "Technology and Ideology: The Case of the Telegraph."
Films
"The Matrix" (1999) ; "War Games" (1983); "The Social Network." (2010) "Tron" (1982); "The Desk Set" (1957); "Electric Dreams" (1984) ; "You've Got Mail" (1998) ; "Pulse" (2001); "Minority Report" (2002); "Hackers" (1995)
C. Wright Mills, "The Promise."
Sue Halpern, "How He Used Facebook to Win."
S. C. Stokes, "Political Parties and Democracy."
Kate Dommett et. al, "Are Digital Parties the Future of Party Organization?"
Clay Shirky, "Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable."
Philip Napoli, "Media Economics and Media Policy: The Good and the Bad."
Edward Helmore, "The digital media bubble has burst. Where does the industry go from here?"
Brett Danaher et. al. "Understanding Media Markets in the Digital Age: Economics and Methodology."
Thomas Coase, "The Theory of the Firm."
Emma Goldberg, "A Two-Year, 50-Million-Person Experiment in Changing How We Work"
Gina Neff et. al, "Permanently Beta."
Charlie Warzel, "Elon Musk Revealed What Twitter Always Was"
Bruno Latour, "Mixing Humans and Non-Humans Together: The Sociology of a Door Closer."
Ruben Cohn-Gordon, "ChatGPTs Very Inhuman Mind."
Christina Dunbar-Hester, "Glamorous factories of unpredictable freedom": Care, Coalition, and Hacking Hacking.
Daniel Cohen, "To Monopolize our Ears."
Blake Hallinhan et. al, "Recommended for you: The Netflix Prize and the production of algorithmic culture."
Edward Mendelson, "In the Depths of the Digital."
James Carey, "Technology and Ideology: The Case of the Telegraph."
Films
"The Matrix" (1999) ; "War Games" (1983); "The Social Network." (2010) "Tron" (1982); "The Desk Set" (1957); "Electric Dreams" (1984) ; "You've Got Mail" (1998) ; "Pulse" (2001); "Minority Report" (2002); "Hackers" (1995)
Modalità di verifica dell’apprendimento e criteri di valutazione
Grades and Exams: ATTENDING
Your grade will be based on 2 components:
(1) Produce a short film review essay (1000 words), combining the analysis of three selected films.
(2) Complete an oral exam related to the concepts discussed in class and the assigned readings.
Grades and Exams: NON-ATTENDING
Your grade will be based on 2 components:
(1) A 2000-word essay answering the following question:
A. Which of the 7 frames we discussed in class - politics, economics, work, technology, culture, and history - is the most important when it comes to understanding what it means to live in a "digital society"? Justify your answer by citing at least ten readings from this lecture. Discuss how this lecture has changed your understanding of the times we live in and what surprised you.
(2) Complete an oral exam related to the concepts discussed in class and the assigned readings.
Your grade will be based on 2 components:
(1) Produce a short film review essay (1000 words), combining the analysis of three selected films.
(2) Complete an oral exam related to the concepts discussed in class and the assigned readings.
Grades and Exams: NON-ATTENDING
Your grade will be based on 2 components:
(1) A 2000-word essay answering the following question:
A. Which of the 7 frames we discussed in class - politics, economics, work, technology, culture, and history - is the most important when it comes to understanding what it means to live in a "digital society"? Justify your answer by citing at least ten readings from this lecture. Discuss how this lecture has changed your understanding of the times we live in and what surprised you.
(2) Complete an oral exam related to the concepts discussed in class and the assigned readings.
SPS/08 - SOCIOLOGIA DEI PROCESSI CULTURALI E COMUNICATIVI - CFU: 9
Lezioni: 60 ore
Docente:
Anderson Christopher
Siti didattici
Docente/i
Ricevimento:
mercoledì, dalle 11:00 alle 13:00
Via Conservatorio 7, piano terzo