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Study Plan

A.A. 2026/2027 A.A. 2025/2026 A.A. 2024/2025

The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.

CURRICULUM TIPO:
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°
Training
3
F
-
Between the years: 1°- 2°
Further activities
12
F
-
Between the years: 1°- 2°
12
D
-

Legend | Type of training activity (TTA)

TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.

A Basic activities
B Characterizing activities
C Related or complementary activities
D Activities to be chosen by the student
E Final examination
F Other training activities
S Placements in companies, public or private institutions and professional associations
iIntroductory
padvanced
mMasterful

Sociology of cultural and communicative processes  (2025/2026)

Teaching code

4S010265

Teacher

Elena Savona

Coordinator

Elena Savona

Credits

9

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

SPS/08 - SOCIOLOGY OF CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION

Period

CuCi 1 A, CuCi 1 B

Courses Single

Authorized

Lessons timetable MoodleMoodle Seminars 0

Learning objectives

The course focuses on the main sociological dimensions of the concept of culture and communication. At the end of the course, the student must apply the main theoretical and methodological tools of the sociology of culture and communication.

Prerequisites and basic notions

No

Program

From the perspective of the sociology of cultural and communicative processes, the course explores and discusses the following topics, supported by the contributions of classical and contemporary theorists:
- The concept of culture within sociological theory;
- The contribution of classical theorists to the sociology of culture;
- The process of constructing social reality and the role of culture;
- The fields of cultural production and communication processes;
- Communication in contemporary society;
- The role of new media in social consumption practices (especially tourism) in contemporary society;
- The role of social media in new consumption practices (especially tourism);
- Food and wine tourism: the social relationship with food in contemporary society;
- Communication, consumption, tourism: their role in the process of identity construction.

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Didactic methods

The course will be taught through face-to-face teaching.

Learning assessment procedures

Written exam consisting of four semi-open questions and four closed questions.

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE

Evaluation criteria

The aim of the exam is to assess the level of sociological knowledge acquired during the course and the ability to apply these knowledge to the sociological analysis of contemporary phenomena deepened during the course (particularly tourism, consumer practices, and new forms of communication, as well as the meanings that individual and collective actors attribute to these dimensions of social life). The evaluation criteria focus on the skills acquired by students in terms of systematic, including critical, organization of sociological tools, with particular reference to the course's central issues.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

The final grade is the sum of the scores assigned to each answer.

Exam language

ITALIANO