The course aims to provide students with an overview of the history of public opinion and mass culture, accompanied by a specific reflection on the transformations of contemporary society.
The aim of the course is for students to acquire knowledge and understand the role of public opinion and mass culture in the history of the twentieth century.
At the end of the course, students will have acquired the knowledge of the main themes of the historiographical debate on the history of public opinion and mass culture.
The aim of the course is for students to acquire knowledge and understand the role of public opinion and mass culture in the history of the twentieth century.
At the end of the course, students will have acquired the knowledge of the main themes of the historiographical debate on the history of public opinion and mass culture.
Curriculum
scheda docente
materiale didattico
After indicating what is meant by public opinion, the course will insist on the links between consumption, media and political consensus in twentieth-century mass societies.
- V. De Grazia, Irresistible Empire, America’s Advance through Twentieth-Century Europe, Cambridge (MA),
Harvard UP, 2006
- D. Colon, La guerra dell’informazione. Gli stati alla conquista delle nostre menti, Torino, Einaudi, 2024
- A. Sangiovanni, Specchi infiniti. Storia dei media in Italia dal dopoguerra ad oggi, Rome, Donzelli, 2021.
Mutuazione: 20710535 STORIA DELL'OPINIONE PUBBLICA E DELLA CULTURA DI MASSA - LM in Informazione, editoria, giornalismo LM-19 R CRISTINA GIOVANNI
Programma
The course will focus on the development of mass society in the United States of America and Italy during the 20th century, paying particular attention to consumption-cultural and otherwise-and the role of mass media in fostering the creation of public opinion and mass culture in the two countries.After indicating what is meant by public opinion, the course will insist on the links between consumption, media and political consensus in twentieth-century mass societies.
Testi Adottati
- J. Habermas, Storia e critica dell'opinione pubblica, Bari-Rome, Laterza, 2020- V. De Grazia, Irresistible Empire, America’s Advance through Twentieth-Century Europe, Cambridge (MA),
Harvard UP, 2006
- D. Colon, La guerra dell’informazione. Gli stati alla conquista delle nostre menti, Torino, Einaudi, 2024
- A. Sangiovanni, Specchi infiniti. Storia dei media in Italia dal dopoguerra ad oggi, Rome, Donzelli, 2021.
Modalità Frequenza
Course attendance is optional, but strongly recommended.Modalità Valutazione
The examination will be in oral form and will cover the content of the course and the texts adopted in the syllabus.
scheda docente
materiale didattico
After indicating what is meant by public opinion, the course will insist on the links between consumption, media and political consensus in twentieth-century mass societies.
- V. De Grazia, Irresistible Empire, America’s Advance through Twentieth-Century Europe, Cambridge (MA),
Harvard UP, 2006
- D. Colon, La guerra dell’informazione. Gli stati alla conquista delle nostre menti, Torino, Einaudi, 2024
- A. Sangiovanni, Specchi infiniti. Storia dei media in Italia dal dopoguerra ad oggi, Rome, Donzelli, 2021.
Mutuazione: 20710535 STORIA DELL'OPINIONE PUBBLICA E DELLA CULTURA DI MASSA - LM in Informazione, editoria, giornalismo LM-19 R CRISTINA GIOVANNI
Programma
The course will focus on the development of mass society in the United States of America and Italy during the 20th century, paying particular attention to consumption-cultural and otherwise-and the role of mass media in fostering the creation of public opinion and mass culture in the two countries.After indicating what is meant by public opinion, the course will insist on the links between consumption, media and political consensus in twentieth-century mass societies.
Testi Adottati
- J. Habermas, Storia e critica dell'opinione pubblica, Bari-Rome, Laterza, 2020- V. De Grazia, Irresistible Empire, America’s Advance through Twentieth-Century Europe, Cambridge (MA),
Harvard UP, 2006
- D. Colon, La guerra dell’informazione. Gli stati alla conquista delle nostre menti, Torino, Einaudi, 2024
- A. Sangiovanni, Specchi infiniti. Storia dei media in Italia dal dopoguerra ad oggi, Rome, Donzelli, 2021.
Modalità Frequenza
Course attendance is optional, but strongly recommended.Modalità Valutazione
The examination will be in oral form and will cover the content of the course and the texts adopted in the syllabus.
scheda docente
materiale didattico
After indicating what is meant by public opinion, the course will insist on the links between consumption, media and political consensus in twentieth-century mass societies.
- V. De Grazia, Irresistible Empire, America’s Advance through Twentieth-Century Europe, Cambridge (MA),
Harvard UP, 2006
- D. Colon, La guerra dell’informazione. Gli stati alla conquista delle nostre menti, Torino, Einaudi, 2024
- A. Sangiovanni, Specchi infiniti. Storia dei media in Italia dal dopoguerra ad oggi, Rome, Donzelli, 2021.
Mutuazione: 20710535 STORIA DELL'OPINIONE PUBBLICA E DELLA CULTURA DI MASSA - LM in Informazione, editoria, giornalismo LM-19 R CRISTINA GIOVANNI
Programma
The course will focus on the development of mass society in the United States of America and Italy during the 20th century, paying particular attention to consumption-cultural and otherwise-and the role of mass media in fostering the creation of public opinion and mass culture in the two countries.After indicating what is meant by public opinion, the course will insist on the links between consumption, media and political consensus in twentieth-century mass societies.
Testi Adottati
- J. Habermas, Storia e critica dell'opinione pubblica, Bari-Rome, Laterza, 2020- V. De Grazia, Irresistible Empire, America’s Advance through Twentieth-Century Europe, Cambridge (MA),
Harvard UP, 2006
- D. Colon, La guerra dell’informazione. Gli stati alla conquista delle nostre menti, Torino, Einaudi, 2024
- A. Sangiovanni, Specchi infiniti. Storia dei media in Italia dal dopoguerra ad oggi, Rome, Donzelli, 2021.
Modalità Frequenza
Course attendance is optional, but strongly recommended.Modalità Valutazione
The examination will be in oral form and will cover the content of the course and the texts adopted in the syllabus.