TELEVISION AND AUDIOVISUAL COMMUNICATION

The course contributes to the overall objectives of the program by providing conceptual and interpretative tools for specialized knowledge of the audiovisual field.

Upon successful completion, students will know how contemporary televisual forms situate within the audiovisual sector and will be able to relate them to the dynamics that characterise this part of the cultural industry. Students will be able to frame contemporary tele-/audiovisual forms employing the categories developed within the disciplines of Media Studies. Additionally, students will be able to develop critical thinking, so as to be able to recognise the logics and processes regulating contemporary audiovisual formats, texts or platforms.

Content-wise, no entry requirement is requested.

The course aims to provide basic concepts on seriality, from an awareness of both the main narrative mechanisms and the production-distribution, cultural and social contexts. While the first moment will be
devoted to investigating the main historical stages and the most important theoretical approaches related to the relationship between seriality and cultural industries, the second one will focus on the panorama of contemporary extended narration - from comics to television productions, from role-playing games to video clips- as an ecosystem based on transmediality and media convergence. In this second part is planned a mapping of the keywords of serial narration: characters; fandom; interactivity; applicability and consumer strategies.

- L. Barra, La programmazione televisiva. Palinsesto e on demand, Laterza, Roma 2022.
- J. Mittell, Complex tv. Teoria e tecnica dello storytelling delle serie tv, minimum fax, Roma 2017.
- G. Pescatore (a cura di), Ecosistemi narrativi, Carocci, Roma 2018.
- A. C. Sabatino, Configurazioni audiovisive del Sé dal cinema ai social media, ETS, Pisa 2024.
- M. Scaglioni, A. Sfardini (a cura di), La televisione. Modelli teorici e percorsi d'indagine, Carocci, Roma 2017.

L'esame orale di circa 30 minuti verterà su tre o quattro argomenti trattati durante il corso. Saranno poste domande sui materiali caricati su Moodle e su letture da "Complex tv. Teoria e tecnica dello storytelling delle serie tv" (J. Mittell) . Si verificherà la capacità di ragionamento e restituzione rispetto ad un argomento a scelta, la conoscenza nozionista e linguistica, il contesto storico rispetto a eventi di inquadramento.

La gradazione del voto è determinata da:
- conoscenza degli argomenti richiesti (< 10 punti);
- capacità di approfondimento dell'argomento (< 5 punti);
- conoscenze dettagliate e precise del contesto storico (eg. conoscenze di date ed eventi di inquadramento) (< 5 punti);
- saper articolare in maniera autonoma il discorso (< 5 punti);
- sicurezza nell'esposizione e capacità di lavorare in team (< 5 punti).


Agli studenti frequentanti sono riservate le letture assegnate a lezione. Di settimana in settimana, verranno caricate su Moodle.

The lectures will be accompanied by the viewing of audiovisual materials, which will be analysed. Students will be invited to take part in the classroom discussion by proposing individual and/or group analyses.
Seminar activities will be organised with scholars or professionals in the field of television seriality.

Italian

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This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Cities, infrastructure and social capital" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development