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.

At the end of the course, students will be able: 1) to understand the meaning and scope of the concepts discussed during the course; 2) reflect critically around them.

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.

G. Pescatore (a cura di), Ecosistemi narrativi, Carocci, Roma 2018.
J. Mittell, Complex tv. Teoria e tecnica dello storytelling delle serie tv, minimum fax, Roma 2017.
M. Scaglioni, A. Sfardini (a cura di), La televisione.Modelli teorici e percorsi d'indagine, Carocci, Roma 2017.

For attending students, the exam will consist of the presentation of a paper (carried out individually or in pairs) following the instructions that will be detailed by the lecture during the course.

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

oral

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Circular economy, innovation, work" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development