For the students who attend the whole course: Mazzoleni, Comunicazione politica, Il Mulino and Giovanni Sartori, Homo videns, Laterza;for all the other students: these two books and a third one: Giansante, La comunicazione politica online, Carocci.
Learning Objectives
Knowledge of the main scientific theories in the field and of the tools for the analysis of the political communication processes.
Prerequisites
None.
Teaching Methods
Lectures. Questions and answers on specific topics.
Further information
Professor Tarchi meets the students every Tuesday from 3 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. Changes will be communicated through the website of the Scuola di Scienze Politiche.
Type of Assessment
Oral final examination, to verify the acquired knowledges and the student's abilities in the following fields: logics, use of theoretical categories to analyse empirical case studies.
Course program
Political communication. The Mass media and their role within the political system.
Models and effects of the interaction between political élites and media.
Political languages, rituals and symbols. The electoral campaigning. Political communication and civic culture: the danger of the birth of the "homo videns".