Degree Course: Communication, technologies and digital cultures Syllabus for A.Y. 2021/2022  

The course studies the history of journalism in the contemporary age, providing students with a broad historical reference framework in which to deepen the main characteristics of contemporary journalism, from the birth and evolution of the journalistic profession and the means of communication used to do journalism. The historical path will take into account the evolution of journalism in relation to the process of modernization of society, the transformations of politics and institutions, the formation of public opinion in the modern sense of the term and the diffusion of other media (radio, TV, the network, social networks).
The cultural part of journalism will be dedicated to the communicative and media aspects of the journalistic profession, with particular attention to the message, form, language, disinformation, fake news, journalistic ethics, right to the news, freedom of expression.

Texts in English:
- Martin Conboy, Journalism Studies The Basics. Taylor & Francis Group Routledge 2013.
- Nael Jebril, ‎Stephen Jukes, ‎Sofia Iordanidou, Journalism, Society and Politics in the Digital Media Era, Intellect Books Limited 2021.
- Notes, material indicated or made available by the teacher during the lessons.



For texts in languages ​​other than English, contact the teacher a.bertolotti@unitus.it

STRUCTURE OF THE COURSE

The course is devoted to the study of the relationship between the legal sphere and the religious phenomenon, with particular reference to the elements of identity, cultural and religious, characterizing the structure of the contemporary state political systems.
Specific attention is given to the contents of the Italian Constitution norms dedicated to the religious factor, and cases of public and social relevance of religious experience in the contemporary age.
The course examines also the problem of the relations between the great world religions, especially in light of the globalization of the right processes.



TOPICS THAT WILL BE COVERED IN THE COURSE

1. Social and legal relevance of the religious phenomenon.
2. The constitutional discipline of the religious phenomenon.
3. Freedom of religion and freedom of conscience.
4. Legal aspects Christian ecumenism and interreligious dialogue.
5. Processes of globalization of law and the religious factor.

The exam program is identical for all students, attending and not attending.

The subject must be studied on the following two texts:

1) C. CARDIA, Le Sfide della laicità. Etica, multiculturalismo, islam, Edizioni San Paolo, Cinisello Balsamo (Mi), 2011. (ISBN 978-88-215-7338-5)

N.B .: the book must be studied in full

2) P. LILLO, Globalizzazione del diritto e fenomeno religioso, terza edizione, G. Giappichelli, Torino, 2012 (ISBN/EAN 978-88-348-2627-0)

N.B .: the book must be studied in full

Part 1. Language and production
1. The film first draft – synopsis and pitching; 2. The screenplay; 3. Pre-production; 4. Key roles: director; 5. Key roles: director of photography; 6. Key roles: editor; 7. Shots and camera movements; 8. The grammar of film editing; 9. Technical issues in film editing between analog and digital formats; 10. Post-production and color correction; 11. Special effects from the analog era to present days; 12. Computer graphics and 3D.

Part 2. The contemporary landscape
1. Production between TV, cinema and digital media; 2. Digital and broadcast media: a new landscape; 3. Viral videos and web popularity; 4. The webseries’ formats and storytelling; 5. Branded contents and brand entertainment; 6. The serialization of cinema and the film as a brand; 7. The new golden age of TV in the digital era: Netflix, Prime and the rising of the OTT companies

Robert Edgar, John Marland, Steven Rawle, The Language of Film, Fairchild Books, London 2015 (Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 5)

The course aims to analyze the role and characteristics of the television medium within the new contemporary media scenario. Still incisive in defining the agenda setting, still an information and consensus tool, the television medium maintains a sense of rituality and community, in continuity with its and our past. At the same time, however, the digital convergence processes have transformed it at the level of production and supply of content, methods of use and consumption, from a transmedial and participatory perspective. Television resists and, changing its skin, adapting itself to the new and diversified needs of contemporary audiences, it still manages to remain somehow central within the media system, with its role still to be played in the field of cultural production and consumption. During the course, some focus lessons will be dedicated to case studies about information and television seriality. Particular attention will be devoted to TV series as the leading product of the contemporary offer.

E. Menduni, I linguaggi della radio e della televisione, Laterza, Roma, 2006 - Tutto il volume esclusa la parte seconda.
I. Imperi, Il Caso Moro: cronaca di un evento mediale, Franco Angeli, Milano, 2016
M. Scaglioni, La tv dopo la tv. Il decennio che ha cambiato la televisione: scenario, offerta, pubblico, V&P, Milano, 2011

Three-Year Degree Course in Communication, Technologies and Digital Culture (L-20)

PSYCHOLOGY OF ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNICATION
Prof. Gianluca Biggio (email: biggio@unitus.it)

Year: 3rd Semester: 1st SDS: M-PSI/06 8 CFUs

SYLLABUS (2020/2021)

COURSE OBJECTIVES
1. Having a systemic vision of organizations and their functioning at various levels, from the socio-structural aspects to the cultural and psychological ones.
2. Acquiring an understanding of organizations by examining the main organizational behaviours deriving from the interaction between psychological motivations and productive instances.
3. Understanding group dynamics and the affective dimension of work.

COURSE SYLLABUS
Course presentation
The course aims to offer a systemic vision of the organizational reality and its relationship with communication processes. The course will start from the birth of Organizational Psychology and retrace the main topics of the discipline: Human Relation Management and management tools, man-work relationship, the psychological dimension of work and the influence of group and communication interaction in organizations, and psychological tools.

Lesson plan
1. The meaning of organization and work in different disciplinary contexts: economic, structural and anthropological aspects of the organization.
2. The organizational system and its environment; organizational variables. Structure, roles, tasks.
3. The affective dimension of work; the variables of psychological subjectivity.
4. Intersubjectivity and organizational behaviour. Culture, communication and organizational climate.
5. The managerial management of Human Resources in public and private organizations.
6. The concept of leadership, empowerment, motivation, evaluation and development of people.
7. The work group and the team; support for individual development.
8. New orientations in organizational psychology; organizational consultancy for individual development; the issue of bullying; stress; gender issues; management of cultural diversity; organizational well-being, new business models.
9. Research in organizational psychology.

INSTRUCTION MODE
Università degli Studi della Tuscia is promoting the internationalization of curricula and degree courses in all its departments. Therefore, faculty members are invited to use English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) in their lectures and to produce ELF teaching materials to increase the educational offer. This syllabus is part of the said internationalization process.
The course will consist of 16 hours of asynchronous online video-lectures. Additional materials in English are provided on the UniTusMoodle course page.
METHODS OF ASSESSMENT
Oral exams or alternatively a written test with pre-coded multiple-choice questions.


TEXTS AND MATERIALS for italians students L-20
1. Biggio, G. Psicologia delle organizzazioni e della Comunicazione. Aracne editrice, Roma 2019, ISBN 978-88-255-2856-5
2. Biggio, G., Il counselling organizzativo. Raffaello Cortina, Milano 2007. ISBN 9788860301376 (cap.1,2,3, tot. pp.76).
3. Castiello D’Antonio, A., Interviste e colloqui nelle organizzazioni. Metodi per un dialogo efficace nei contesti organizzativi e istituzionali, Raffaello
Cortina, 2015. ISBN 978-88-6030-780-4 (pag. 1-48, e pag.115-174)



TEXTS AND MATERIALS for Erasmus students not Italian speaking:
• Irving B. Weiner, Neal W. Schmitt, Scott Highhouse (eds.), Handbook of Psychology, Volume 12, Industrial and Organizational Psychology
(selected chapters)
• References to manuals relating to the topics covered will be provided during classes.
• Didactic materials provided alongside video lessons on the following topics:
- Real business case studies
- Exercises
- Tests

The course materials are available on the course page on UniTusMoodle.
For information or to be given access to the UniTusMoodle course page please contact the course teacher.

HANDBOOK of PSYCHOLOGY (ON WEB)
VOLUME 12
INDUSTRIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Walter C. Borman Daniel R. Ilgen Richard J. Klimoski
Volume Editors
Irving B. Weiner
Editor-in-Chief
3 JOB PERFORMANCE 39 Stephan J. Motowidlo
8 PERSPECTIVES ON TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT 171 Kurt Kraiger
10 MOTIVATION 225
Terence R. Mitchell and Denise Daniels
14 WORK GROUPS AND TEAMS IN ORGANIZATIONS 333 Steve W. J. Kozlowski and Bradford S. Bell
18 STRESS IN ORGANIZATIONS 453 Sabine Sonnentag and Michael Frese
22 ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND CLIMATE 565 Cheri Ostroff, Angelo J. Kinicki, and Melinda
M. Tamkins

Any other deeping inside or outside the book is well accepted

The Geography course aims to analyze and explore thoroughly the fundamental concepts of human geography in the light of the profound changes of the society. After briefly examining the theory and methods of geographical sciences, we will analyze the relationship between humans and nature, the distribution and structure of the human population, the demographic trends and urban development. In fact we live in a world that is constantly changing, where the geographical knowledge are central to the well-being of our societies, which is why a part of the course will examine the relationship between geography and technological innovations which open up new horizons in creating maps and techniques for the visualization of geographic information that enable us to see, explore and understand the global and local processes.

G. Dematteis, A. Greiner, C. Lanza. Geografia umana. Un approccio visuale. Terza edizione UTET De Agostini, Novara, 2019
E-book di L. CARBONE e A. CIASCHI (a cura di), Montagna oggi. Dalla dimora di Dio a laboratorio di saperi, Viterbo. Sette Città, 2013
2 Article online
L.Carbone, L’antica Via Clodia: una smart road per il rilancio turistico del territorio disponibile online https://www.openstarts.units.it/handle/10077/21196
L.Carbone, La metamorfosi del waterfront di Beirut: la città che avanza sul mare https://www.openstarts.units.it/handle/10077/24271