NEW MEDIA

The module is part of the historical and artistic cluster within the MA in Economics & Management of Arts and Cultural Activities (EGArt).

Upon successful completion of the module, students will gain a good understanding of the contemporary mediascape. They will also be able to distinguish and appropriately discuss the trends characterising it. Basic objectives of the module are therefore:

- the ability to learn and use specific terms describing new media in pertinent ways;
- the skill to frame media forms and configurations within the history of media, highlighting both the moments of rupture and innovation from the past, as well as the vectors of continuity developing across past, present and future.

Essential to pass the module is the development of critical thinking: students are expected to be able to recognise the logics and processes regulating contemporary media artefacts, be they formats, texts or platforms, and put one another in relation. Ultimately, such critical thinking is expected to be individually articulated, constructively structured and collectively discussed using case studies, concepts and module readings alike. This is truly an essential skill not only because it will contribute to favour a respectful and dialogic environment in the classroom, but also and primarily because it is a key transferable skill required by the job market for pretty much each and every professional profile in line with the overall programme.

Content-wise, no entry requirement is requested. Some knowledge around audiovisual media may nonetheless make the module a little easier.
In terms of linguistic skills, in line with the minimum entry requirement of the whole programme, some knowledge of the English language is required in order to be able to understand part of the bibliography.

The module offers an introduction around the contemporary mediascape. In particular, it will tackle how new media contribute not only to offer media contents to their public, but also how they construct a media environment inhabited by users. Terms such as mediascape and media environment will thus be problematised and studied in detail, taking into account the active role of the public. To do so, we will look at the main trends characterising the media scenario, borrowing from the debate on media specificity and highlighting what are the innovative/traditional features that make a medium a 'new medium'.

Students are required to study the readings distributed during the module week by week. All readings will be made available on Moodle or will be retrievable at the university library.

The module text list includes also chapters and articles from the following texts:
- De Rosa M., Ugenti, E., Image | Processes - Moving Images across Interface Aesthetics and Gestural Policies, special issue di Imago, n. 23, 2021;
- Eugeni, Capitale algoritmico. Cinque dispositivi postmediali (piu' uno), Schole, Brescia 2021;
- Montani, P. L'immaginazione intermediale. Perlustrare, rifigurare, testimoniare il mondo visibile Meltemi, Sesto San Giovanni 2022;
- Montani, P., Immagini sincretiche. Leggere e scrivere in digitale, Meltemi, Sesto San Giovanni 2024.

Students will be assessed on the basis of an oral test aimed at checking the correct understanding of the concepts and themes covered throughout the module via both the lectures and in the bibliography, the ability to inform a critical discussion of the same concepts and to link them amongst each other, as well as the ability to employ a subject-specific language.

Bibliography and assessment methods are the same for non-attending students, too. They are however invited to contact the teacher over email, so as to understand the structure of the module and fundamental issues addressed during the lectures.

The module adopts a mix of teaching strategies and tools to favour knowledge transfer, as well as to create a participatory and stimulating teaching environment.
Among the teaching strategies are frontal lectures, working sessions and discussions. Among the teaching tools are standard teaching materials such as presentations, clips and the likes which will be used during the frontal lectures; ad hoc tasks designed for the working sessions to be carried on individually and in groups; readings to be distributed and collectively studied during the discussion sessions with the help of interactive digital platforms.
Please note that all teaching strategies are designed to offer a consistent module and therefore, regardless of the type of sessions, they are alle qual for the purpose of determining the programme to study in light of the final exam.

Italian

Students are warmly suggested to take their classes.

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oral

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