0009223L - NEW MEDIA, SECURITY AND DIGITAL RISKS

This course contributes to the educational objectives of the three-year degree program in Sociology and Criminology by providing the basic theoretical and terminological tools for understanding sociocultural reality, developing the "scenario" skills necessary to enable students to recognize the distinctive features and critical issues of the digital and global context in which they live and in which they will operate as future professionals.

More specifically, with regard to knowledge and understanding, by the end of the course, students are expected to have:
- acquired the ability to define, distinguish, and connect the theoretical concepts of culture and society;
- acquired full mastery of the sociological concepts of norm, organization, socialization, and public opinion;
- acquired awareness of the communication revolutions that have occurred throughout history and their cultural and social consequences, with particular reference to the new modernity that emerged from the digital revolution;
- acquired knowledge of the theories of mass communication and those developed specifically in relation to the advent of digital technology;
- critically examined the cultural and social role of new media, and the concepts of networks, followers, influencers, fashion, and mainstream media;
- learned to distinguish different types of digital risk, from specifically regulated criminal offenses to other socially relevant phenomena;
- became aware of the conditions that contribute to greater private and public safety within the virtual social environment.
Regarding communication skills, the ability to express oneself correctly, clearly, pertinently, and well-argued, along with the ability to refer to sources other than those recommended, is considered of the utmost importance. Achieving such a result is also considered indicative of advanced learning ability.