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HISTORY OF COMMUNICATION I Single discipline educational activity
Course Sheet Academic Year of enrolment:
Professor and Collaborators:
Hours of classroom activity:
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 Contents 1) First of all, the course will seek to provide the attending students with some tools to:
2) The course will then seek to make known and understand one of the most important historical phenomena of the contemporary age and, above all, of the 20th century and of beginning of the 21st century: the extraordinary development of ways, instruments and techniques of communication, which lead to mass and later to global communication.
3) More specifically, emblematic aspects of this historical phenomenon will be examined: the differences, similarities and relationships between political communication in democracies and propaganda in dictatorial regimes.
Extended Syllabus 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.
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.
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, especially from the perspective of the history of communication in the contemporary age.
The fourth part will deal with the historical evolution of communication (forms, methods, meanings, symbols) which, from the centuries preceding the 19th century, has led to the acceleration that characterises today's globalised world in terms of the circulation, acquisition and exchange of information on a planetary level.
Finally, in the fifth part of the course, which is more specific, the topic of political communication in the 20th century will be explored in depth, with particular reference to all the questions concerning the relations between democracies and dictatorships. As a matter of fact, the topic of political communication is one of the most interesting and useful in order to compare democracies and dictatorships, highlighting both the similarities and the contrasts between them.
Recommended Bibliography For attending students:
Andrea Baravelli (edited by), "Propagande contro. Modelli di comunicazione politica nel XX secolo", Rome, Carocci, 2005http://www.carocci.it/index.php?option=com_carocci&task=schedalibro&Item...
The book dates from 2005 and is therefore not available in bookshops to date. However, it will be reprinted by the publisher "on demand", i.e. according to the number of copies actually needed. The teacher will provide you with all the information you need to find the book (in class or via the contacts listed in the appropriate section).
Those who do not attend the course will have to read and study the following essay [which will be provided by the professor]:
Enzo Fimiani, "I diari di Victor Klemperer. Propaganda e mobilitazione politica, elezioni e plebisciti nella Germania nazionalsocialista (1933-1938)", in “Studi Storici”, 2009, n. 2, pp. 293-331
Teaching Methods The course consists of 6 credits [ECTS: European Credit Transfer System Credits], equivalent to 36 hours of frontal classroom activity, and will be held in the second semester, between 21st February and mid-May 2022, with 4 hours of lessons per week over three days, from Monday to Wednesday (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 organisation 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
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:
Contacts/More Information Class attendance is not compulsory.
Of course, the professor can be contacted on the institutional e-mail address: enzo.fimiani@unich.it
