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000378L - COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL SAFETY

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ID:
000378L
Duration (hours):
72
CFU:
9
SSD:
SOCIOLOGIA DEI PROCESSI CULTURALI E COMUNICATIVI
Located in:
CHIETI
Url:
Course Details:
SOCIOLOGY AND CRIMINOLOGY /CORSO GENERICO Year: 1
Year:
2025
Course Catalogue:
https://unich.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/af/2025?co...
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Overview

Date/time interval

Primo Semestre (07/10/2025 - 31/01/2026)

Syllabus

Course Objectives


The educational objectives of the course in ‘Communication and Security’ are both theoretical-general and specialised, as well as practical-applicative. The course aims to introduce students to a critical understanding of the main theories of interpersonal communication and media communication, with a specialised focus on the representation and reporting of deviance and crime. The aim of the course is to contribute to the advanced training of professionals who are knowledgeable and skilled in communication in the field of security. Knowledge and understanding: At the end of the course, students should have a broad theoretical knowledge of the changing forms of interaction and the public media sphere and the ability to apply this knowledge to the sociology of communication and deviance. Autonomy of judgement: Interpretation of the relationship between old and new media in the current hybrid media system. Evaluation of the implications of media communication of deviance and crime on the socio-cultural reproduction of our world. Ability to develop general and specific considerations on the topics of the course, demonstrating an interdisciplinary approach. Communication skills. Knowledge and use of specialist vocabulary in the field of sociology of communication and deviance

Course Prerequisites


The course will also enable students who have no specific knowledge of the discipline to achieve the stated learning objectives. No propaedeuticity is envisaged.

Teaching Methods


The course consists of 72 hours of lessons divided into 34 lessons. There are three weekly lessons lasting 2 hours and 3 hours: Monday 4pm-6pm; Tuesday 9am-11am; Thursday 11am-1pm. The course is organised into modules and lessons will focus on the following methods: lectures, seminars in collaboration with experts, and classroom workshops on case studies. Attendance is not obligatory but is strongly recommended.

Assessment Methods


of learning will be carried out using a computerised written test on the University's e-learning platform G@SL - Support for teaching activities. Link: https://fad.unich.it/ There will be 40 multiple-choice questions concerning the contents of the course. The written test will last 40 minutes.
An intermediate laboratory test is reserved for attending ​​​​​​​

Texts


The exam must be prepared on the papers and slides provided by the teacher and available on the platform: https://fad.unich.it/course/view.php?id=3506.
Recommended reading for each topic will be indicated during lessons.

Contents


The course introduces students to the sociology of communication, considering the three dimensions of interpersonal, media and online communication and focusing on media communication of deviance and crime. The lessons are divided into four thematic sections.
The first section is dedicated to direct communication, covering its fundamental elements and the main functions and basic skills of interlocutors. Some of the most significant theoretical approaches are also examined: Shannon and Weaver's “informational” approach, Austin and Searle's “speech acts”, the Palo Alto School's “pragmatic” approach, and Habermas's “communicative” approach. Next, it looks at cases of miscommunication and the characteristics and contexts of problematic communication: communication pathologies, metacommunication such as framing, representations, failures and repairs.
The second section broadens the focus to mass media, print, radio, television and other media, which McLuhan differentiates into “hot” and “cool”. It then reconstructs the development of the main approaches to media research, examining: the hypodermic needle, the Payne Fund Studies, intervening variables, the two-step flow, the culture industry, cultural studies, agenda setting, the spiral of silence, cultivation and the public sphere.
The third section introduces the structure and dynamics of cyberspace and online communications, discussing the transition from Web 1.0 to Web 4.0 and from virtual communities to the platform society. From the positive concepts of “collective intelligence” and “convergence” that marked the first phase of studies on the new hybrid media ecosystem, more problematic perspectives are now emerging on digital inequalities in access and skills, on issues of transparency vs. commodification of big data, on the fragmentation of the public sphere into semi-private meso-spheres, on the creation of echo chambers, the polarisation of positions and the spread of hate speech, the growth of dis- and misinformation, fake news and “post-truth” phenomena, and the erosion of the gatekeeper model embodied by journalism.
The fourth and final section deals with the different definitions of order and normality, diversity and deviance, social and legal norms, forms of control, types of crime, sanctions and penalties, and stigmatisation. The main interpretative paradigms of deviant and criminal behaviour are examined in their historical context and in terms of their persistence and confrontation in the current debate. In addition, the course aims to promote understanding of the links between the interpretative models of the phenomena studied, their public representation and forms of media communication, from films and series to television and radio programmes on crime, the press and podcasts.

Course Language

Italian

More information


Student consultations for clarification and/or further information are held on Thursdays from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. at the Department of Legal and Social Sciences, Via dei Vestini 31 - 66100 Chieti. Appointments can be made by email: luca.corchia@unich.it
ERASMUS students are invited to contact the lecturer for their programme

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