Corso
Elenco corsi a.a. 2023/2024
Anno accademico 2023/2024

Ministero delle Comunicazioni socialiRA1103

3 ECTS
Sede di Gerusalemme
Primo semestre

FINALITÀ

The course is an introductory path to some general issues of communication and its implications on a personal and social level. Particular attention will be given to today's digital context, trying to grasp the mechanisms and challenges that the new communication paradigm poses to the Church in terms of proclamation.

ARGOMENTI

The course aims to give some foundations on communication explaining why this is constitutive of the processes of human civilization. Make people understand what the transition from a mass media culture to a digital bio media culture entailed. Understand what social media are and how they work, what is the role of Artificial Intelligence in the current techno-cultural landscape. Introduce the communication of Pope Francis' meeting to understand what it means today to be present as Christians on the web and in social media. A brief look at how young people experience this environment will also be given. Finally, the rediscovery of communication tools of the Salesian tradition is also proposed, such as theatre, music, the band, the choir, dance, etc. as community education and training tools.

TESTI

Textbook: DICASTERY FOR COMMUNICATION, Towards Full Presence. A Pastoral Reflection on Engagement with social media, https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/dpc/documents/20230528_dpc-verso-piena-presenza_en.html FRANCESCO, Messages of the Holy Father Francis for the World Communications Days, https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/it/messages/communications.index.html Bibliography: Floridi, Luciano. 2016. The Fourth Revolution: How the Infosphere is Reshaping Human Reality. Oxford: Oxford University Press; Kim Jay Y. 2020. Analog Church: Why We Need Real People, Places, and Things in the Digital Age, Downers Grove Illinois, InterVarsity Press; Lazarus, Natchi. 2017. The Connected Church: A Social Media Communication Strategy Guide for Churches. Nonprofits and Individuals in Ministry. Scotts Valley: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; Han Byung-Chul. 2022. Infocracy. Digitalization and the crisis of democracy, Cambridge, Polity.

NOTE

Knowing how to explain the main concepts of the theme of communication, having an understanding of the mechanisms by which the digital communication system works today. Develop possible and feasible ways of being online to bring the Christian message.

ORARIO

Primo semestre
Giorni 8.45-9.30 9.35-10.20 10.35-11.20 11.25-12.10 12.15-13.00 15.00-15.45 15.50-16.35 16.40-17.25 17.30-18.15
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