HISTORY OF GLOBAL COMMUNICATION

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

L00946

Academic Year of enrolment:

2022

Year of supply:

2022/2023

Type of Course:

Elective Course

Degree:

Course of 1st Cycle Degree in LINGUISTIC MEDIATION AND INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION

Disciplinary Sector:

CONTEMPORARY HISTORY

Language:

Italian

Location:

PESCARA

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

FIMIANI Enzo

Cycle:

Second semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

Prerequisites:

Although a good basic knowledge of the fundamental historical issues of the contemporary era is desirable, the course is aimed, among other things, at filling any gaps for attending students.

Objectives

The general educational objectives aim at equipping the attending students with some mental tools to:
a) understand the importance of historical knowledge
b) form a perspective that helps them think in a historical and critical way, over the long term
c) know at least some rudiments of the historian’s methods and profession
d) approach the most relevant issues of contemporary history, from the French Revolution at the end of the 18th century to the beginning of the 21st century, delving into, among other things, the links between the historical acceleration of the last two centuries or so and the current events that students find themselves living in these years.

Contents

Attending students will be equipped with the tools:
1) to understand the importance of History and historical knowledge
2) to form a mental perspective that helps them think more historically and critically, over the long term
3) to know the main methods, meanings, objectives of the historian's profession
4) to approach the most relevant issues of contemporary history, from the French Revolution at the end of the 18th century to the beginning of the 21st century, delving into, among other things, the links between the historical acceleration of the last two centuries or so and the current events that students find themselves living in these early years of the 21st century.
5) to know and understand the development of the 'media' system in republican Italy, from the post-World War II period to the present day, deepening the close relations between the major political, social, economic and civil changes in Italian society and the ever-increasing importance of mass media such as the press, radio, television, cinema, music, up to the internet and then the web

Extended Syllabus

1) The first part of the course will be devoted to helping students understand the importance of history as a vehicle not only for knowledge but also as a critical and civic tool for living the present in an informed way.

2) In the second part, an effort will be made to acquaint students with the tools and methods of historians' work, in order to understand what is "behind" the teaching.

3) The third part of the course will provide a brief but critical and interpretative overview of the most relevant issues in contemporary history, from the French Revolution at the end of the eighteenth century to the beginning of the twenty-first century, exploring, among other things, the links between the historical acceleration of the last two centuries or so and the current times that students find themselves living.

4) In the fourth part, the monographic section of the course will focus on one of the great historical issues of contemporary Italy: the development of the 'media' system in Republican Italy, from the post-World War II period to the present day, examining the close relationship between the enormous (and in many respects controversial) political, social, economic and civil changes in Italian society and the ever-increasing importance of the mass media such as the press, radio, television, cinema, music, up to the Internet and then the web

Recommended Bibliography

For all (attending and non-attending):

Andrea Sangiovanni, Specchi infiniti. Storia dei media in Italia dal dopoguerra a oggi, Rome, Donzelli, 2021

https://www.donzelli.it/libro/9788855221313

Teaching Methods

The course consists of 6 credits (equivalent to 36 hours of frontal classroom activity) and will be held in the second semester, between February and May 2023, with 4 hours of lessons per week over two days (Monday and Tuesday), based on the academic calendar.

The lessons will be deliberately based on dialogue and interaction between lecturer and students.

Depending on the interests shown during the lessons, it will be agreed between the teacher and the students whether or not to use additional tools (such as the use of audiovisuals or the organization of seminars led by historians or authoritative scholars, capable of broadening the educational horizon and cognitive stimuli).

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

The examination process consists of an oral exam.

The verification of learning will be based
1) for the attending students, both on the contents of the reference texts and on everything that will emerge from the frontal lessons
2) for non-attending students, on the contents of the reference texts.

The exam will aim to ascertain the level of preparation.

What is of most interest, however, is not the knowledge about the specific themes of the texts, but rather other aspects.

Among these, the development of the following skills:
(a) to think 'historically', with the critical tools to approach the more recent past and its complexities
b) to organize one’s knowledge in a comprehensive way
c) to use the enormous possibilities of the Italian language with a certain property of language.

Contacts/More Information

For L11 students, who borrow the teaching, the name of the teaching is: "History of Communication," but the syllabus is identical.
Class attendance is not compulsory.
The weekly reception will be used to clarify any doubts about the course.
Of course, the professor can be contacted on the institutional e-mail address: enzo.fimiani@unich.it (expecting a reply within a reasonable timeframe and not immediately)

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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