The objectives of the course are:
to provide a basic knowledge of the history of Italian journalism in the contemporary age
to provide an advanced knowledge of post-war Italian journalism
to provide the ability to place a given newspaper in its geographical and chronological context
to provide the ability to place a given author in his geographical and chronological context
to provide the ability to critically read a newspaper article
to provide the ability to analyze multiple articles in parallel or in their diachronic development
Students must have a minimum knowledge of:
The course will be structured around lectures, combined with laboratory activities, including collective readings of texts, written exercises, and research.
The exam will consist of an oral test, accompanied by the preliminary elaboration of a short original written text (8,000 characters).
The course will deal with the post-war press, through a chronological articulation (post-war, reconstruction and cold war, economic boom, age of movements, protest, crisis and terrorism, Berlusconi years, end of the "first republic", end of the century) and thematic (partisan and allied press, political newspapers, generalist newspapers, cultural magazines, popular periodicals, counter-information, sports journalism, economic journalism, Catholic press, women's press).
There will also be some basic information on the history of other media.
