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Laurea magistrale in Scienze motorie preventive ed adattate - Enrollment from 2025/2026
Academic year:

Teaching code

4S000548

Credits

6

Also offered in courses:

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

SPS/08 - SOCIOLOGY OF CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION

Period

MOTORIE 2° semestre dal Mar 2, 2020 al May 31, 2020.

Learning outcomes

The course aims at analysing the main theories about communication and sociology of sport. In particular, it will examine globalisation, sport events and the historical aspects of “sportivization”.
At the end of the course students will be able to know the main sociological theories and the methods of social research on sport events. They will know also the tecniques of social research in order to analyse the tv sport audience and the relations among sport, sponsor and advertisement.

Program

In the first part, the course will be dedicated to the analysis of the concept of communication, with reference both to the main theories and to the changes introduced by the transition from mass media to personal media.
It will go on to discuss the characteristics of sport mega-events in the context of globalisation, with particular reference to football and athletics.
In the last part I will analyse the concept of play and sport and the trend towards sportivization.

The programme has been divided depending on course attendance:
Programme for attenders:

- Paccagnella P., (2010). Sociologia della comunicazione. Bologna: Il Mulino.

- Lo Verde F. M. (2014), Sociologia dello sport e del tempo libero. Il Mulino: Bologna (Only Introduction, chap. 4, chap.5).

- Dell’Aquila P. (2020), La narrazione sportiva. QuiEdit: Verona II Edition (Only Introduction, chap.1, chap.2, chap. 4).

Programme for non attenders

- Paccagnella P., (2010). Sociologia della comunicazione. Bologna: Il Mulino

- Lo Verde F. M. (2014), Sociologia dello sport e del tempo libero. Il Mulino: Bologna (Only Introduction, chap. 4, chap.5).

- Porro N. (2013), Movimenti collettivi e culture sociali dello sport europeo. Bonanno: Acireale.

- Dell’Aquila P. (2020), La narrazione sportiva. QuiEdit: Verona II Edition (Only Introduction, chap.1, chap.2, chap. 4).

Examination Methods

During the final exam students will answer to four open questions about the programs presented during the course. The attender students will have to pass only two partial exams during the course.
The evaluation criteria will be: the comprehension of the main theories, the mastery of the disciplinary lexicon and the description of the interrelations among different topics.

Bibliografia ulteriore:

Martelli S., Porro N. (2018), Manuale di Sociologia dello sport. FrancoAngeli: Milano.
Mazza B. (2018), Fair Game. Stili e linguaggi della comunicazione sportiva. Lulu.com: Raleigh.
Ferrigni N. (2014), Il ciclismo fra percezione e comunicazione. Eurilink: Roma.
Germano I. (2012), La società sportiva: significati e pratiche della sociologia dello sport. Rubbettino: Soveria Mannelli.
Balducci S. (2007), L’industria della comunicazione sportiva. FrancoAngeli: Milano.
Porro N. (2006), L’attore sportivo. La Meridiana: Molfetta.
Elias N., Dunning E. (2001), Sport e aggressività, Il Mulino: Bologna.
Porro N. (2001), Lineamenti di sociologia dello sport. Carocci: Roma.

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