Languages and techniques of mass media communication
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The exam consists in an oral interview aimed at the assessment of the acquisition and the correct understanding of the contents of the course. A question will be asked about the contents of each of the main authors in the programme. The evaluation will be based on the student’s ability to express and critically analyse the topics of the course. The final vote will take into account accuracy and quality of the answers (60%) as well as communicative ability and ability to properly motivate statements, analyses and evaluations during the oral test (40%).
The course aims to provide the tools for a semiotic analysis of some of the main expressive techniques of various mass-media languages, focusing on the specific case of the cinematic language, with special reference to Kubrick's expressive research.
Practical and scientific analysis of the variety of linguistic-communicative acts and of the complexity of modern mass-media, with special reference to the cinematic language. Kubrick's art and its communicative power.
Classes and seminars.
Student reception by appointment
giulio.facchetti@uninsubria.it