B019157 - MEDIA IDENTITY AND CONSUMPTION

italian

The birth of the city and the development of the media have produced new dynamics of social relations and redefined the categories of space and time. During the course we will review the path that has given the centrality of the concept of generation by identifying, as a distinctive addition to age, interests and lifestyles, spaces and leisure activities to understand the patterns of consumption and the process of identity construction of young people.

For attending students :
Required text::
Bertocchi, F, Sociologia delle generazioni, Cedam
One textrequired to be chosen from the following
Savage, J., L'invenzione dei giovani, Feltrinelli
Giordano , V., La metropoli e oltre, Meltemi
Abruzzese, A., Mancini, P., Sociologie della comunicazione, Laterza
For not attending students :
Required text:
Bertocchi, F, Sociologia delle generazioni, Cedam
Two texts required to be chosen from the following::
Savage, J., L'invenzione dei giovani, Feltrinelli
Giordano , V., La metropoli e oltre, Meltemi
Abruzzese, A., Mancini, P., Sociologie della comunicazione, Laterza

The course aims to clarify the close link between the world of consumption and cultural behaviors, including the construction of identity and sense of belonging to specifics groups and the relation between self-definition and shared values

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Lectures and workshops

oral examination