Throughout the first half of the course, classic theoretical approaches will be analyzed. Their study will be framed into Silverstone’s sociology of media, with particular reference to the weakening or strengthening of public safety. His sociology of media will be connected to the theory of communication action, aimed at investigating the interactional practices of everyday life. Intellectuals should stimulate and share a culture of comprehension influencing communicative strategies of the European Union. In this sense, the process of individualization marking digital modernity highlights the lack of attractiveness of traditional symbolic universes: this scenario can be described by the overlapping of national countries and community institutions, without neglecting the management of public safety/insecurity. These problems have been analyzed by Jürgen Habermas in some recent volumes, especially in The Lure of Technocracy (2013). He highlights the difficulties connected to the management of democracy, emergencies and social crises, with special foci on national and authoritative drifts, along with the economic drawbacks afflicting the weakest States. Habermas’ plea for European solidarity is an hymn to community inclusion to be pursued through communicative convergences. Thus he dwells on the so-called quality press and the respect of common balances. Furthermore, he deals with some social topics, such as active citizenship, communicative freedom, collective and individual safety. These topics feature our geo-political scenario, along with the influence of mass-media tycoons: “Nowadays, the political destiny of Europe depends on intelligence and legal sensitivity, courage, abundance of ideas and political leadership. Said destiny comes before mass media perception and reaction”.