POLITICAL COMMUNICATION
Stampa
Enrollment year
2018/2019
Academic year
2018/2019
Regulations
DM270
Academic discipline
SPS/04 (POLTICIAL SCIENCE)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Course
COMMUNICATION, INNOVATION, MULTIMEDIA
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Year of study
Period
2nd semester (25/02/2019 - 31/05/2019)
ECTS
9
Lesson hours
54 lesson hours
Language
Italian
Activity type
WRITTEN TEST
Teacher
CHIAPPONI FLAVIO (titolare) - 9 ECTS
Prerequisites
Interest in the following topics: communication, politics, web and social media.
Learning outcomes
The course aims at two main ends. The first is to clarify how empirical political science focuses the study of political language and communication; the second lays in the analysis of populist political rhetoric, which in the last decades has proved to be a successful mean in order to win electoral support - in Italy and in Europe as well.
Course contents
In the last decades, populist or neo-populist parties have displayed a growing electoral success in many consolidated democratic regimes, especially in the UE. These parties have some common characters; among them, the most evident lays in the innovative kind of political communication. Their political language is markedly different from the more traditional rhetoric, largely adopted by mainstream parties. First of all, the course focuses what populism and populist parties are, and how these political actors carry out their action in European political systems; then, lessons aim at clarify how Five Star Movement MPs employ communication's resources and capabilities in Italian Parliament.
Teaching methods
Teaching methodology aims at captivating students. In order to obtain this end, classes will be organized just as seminars, aiming at getting students involved in a collective discussion, led by the teacher. Moreover, the deepening of a single case study (Italian political system) will help to shed light on those reasons that lead democratic regimes to become particularly well disposed towards populists' success. This analysis will be conducted in a comparative perspective.
Reccomended or required readings
F. Chiapponi, "Democrazia, populismo, leadership: il MoVimento 5 Stelle", Epoké Edizioni, 2017;

F. Chiapponi, "Il Movimento 5 Stelle nel dibattito parlamentare sulla fiducia al governo: analisi di un discorso politico populista", in "Quaderni di scienza politica", 2016, n. 1, pp. 55-106.
Assessment methods
Students have to pass a written test, in order to prove their proficiency about the main topics of the course. Then, students will be tested for comprehension and composition: in order to verify both, the written test provides for "close" questions (i.e. the right answer must be choosen among a list of possible answers) as well as "open" quesitions (which do not suggest any preset list of possible answers).
Further information
Any
Sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030