Learning objectives
1. The development of media in contemporary society
2. Children and the mass media: the end of childhood?
3. Create, design, conduct and assess media education experiences
4. Towards a media education curriculum: theories and examples.
Course unit content
The course explores the relation between education and mediality in contemporary culture and society. The main themes are:
- media & childhood;
- theories and practice of media education in school and out-of-school;
- media education curriculum design.
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Bibliography
Compulsory books:
- D. FELINI, Pedagogia dei media. Questioni, percorsi e sviluppi, Brescia, La Scuola Editrice, 2004 [except chapter 5].
- D. FELINI – B. WEYLAND, Media education tra organizzazione e fantasia. Esperienze creative in Italia, Austria e Germania, Trento, Erickson, 2007.
One book to be chosen from the following:
-E. MENDUNI, I linguaggi della radio e della televisione, Bari, Laterza, 2008 (or a later edition).
- G. LUGHI, Cultura dei nuovi media, Milano, Guerini, 2006.
- S. LIVINGSTONE, Ragazzi online. Crescere con internet nella società digitale, Milano, Vita e Pensiero, 2010.
- D. BRANCATI – A.M. AJELLO – P.C. RIVOLTELLA, Guinzaglio elettronico. Il telefono cellulare tra genitori e figli, Roma, Donzelli, 2009.
Teaching methods
Oral lesson, group discussion, project work.
