Studying at the University of Verona

Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.

This information is intended exclusively for students already enrolled in this course.
If you are a new student interested in enrolling, you can find information about the course of study on the course page:

Master’s degree in Publishing and Journalism - Enrollment from 2025/2026

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.

Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°
Further activities
6
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Between the years: 1°- 2°

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Teaching code

4S008833

Coordinator

Elena Zilotti

Credits

3

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

NN - -

Period

CuCi 2 A, CuCi 2 B

Erasmus students

Not available

Courses Single

Not Authorized

Learning objectives

The workshop aims to provide theoretical knowledges and practical tools for the analysis and implementation of transmedia storytelling projects.
At the end of the course students will:
- acquire basic knowledges on transmedia storytelling;
- be able to identify and analyze cases of transmedia storytelling;
- develop useful skills for the creation of a final project.

Prerequisites and basic notions

No specific prerequisites required.

Program

Contents of the course:
1. Evolution of storytelling: theories and models (S. Chatman, G. Freytag, C. Vogler).
2. From intermediality towards transmedia storytelling.
3. Identification and analysis of transmedia storytelling principles.
4. Basics elements for the creation of a storytelling project.

Bibliography (See Leganto):
• Massimo Fusillo, Mirko Lino, Lucia Faienza, Lorenzo Marchese (a cura di), Oltre l’adattamento? Narrazioni espanse: intermedialità, tran-smedialità, virtualità, Bologna, il Mulino, 2020 (capitoli selezionati).
• Claudio Bisoni, Pubblici, utenti, spettatori: il ruolo dell’audience nell’ecosistema dei media, in Guglielmo Pescatore (a cura di), Ecosi-stemi narrativi. Dal fumetto alle serie TV, Roma, Carocci, 2018, pp. 174-185.
• Henry Jenkins, The Revenge of the Origami Unicorn: Seven Princi-ples of Transmedia Storytelling, in “Confessions of an Aca-Fan” (http://henryjenkins.org/), december 12, 2009.

Further specific bibliography will be indicated in class.

Bibliography

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Didactic methods

Teaching methods:
Taught classes.
Multimedia contents and PowerPoint presentations will be proposed, and compulsory in-progress exercises will be assigned for the achievement of credits.
An integral part of the course will be the autonomous realization of a transmedia storytelling project, based on the indications provided in class, to be delivered by a set date.

Learning assessment procedures

Grading and transcript of record subject to delivery of the tasks assigned in itinere and of the final project by the established dates.
Attendance of at least 80% of the lessons is mandatory.

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

Modalità di valutazione: approvato/non approvato.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

Attendance at lessons (at least 80%), in itinere exercises and final project.

Exam language

Italiano