Media production studies and performing arts

DONATELLA CAPALDI

The general goal of the course is learning theories and methods for understanding artistic
works and processes with a mediological approach. A first section is required, related the
basics of media science; a second section is oriented to acquire the theoretical foundations of
mediological reflection on arts and to deal with interpretation problems, whilw a third
section, building on the skills acquired in the first two, is dedicated to examples of
interpretation, applied in the analysis of literary, artistic and spectacular texts and works.
Overall, the learning path provides as partial objectives:
a) the knowledge of basic notions of media science and its reflection on the arts, with its
foundations in Walter Benjamin, the sociology of literature and arts of the late twentieth
century and the McLuhan’s school of Toronto, and its developments in the 21st century;
b) enhancing the ability to apply knowledge through field analysis;
c) enhancing the ability to critically elaborate knowledge and experiences on the field;
d) developing specific communication skills, as writing complex papers;
e) enhancing learning skills through a blended learning experience (mix of lectures and
seminars, online platform activities, and individual work).

Learning of the Media Studies main traditions. Ability to interpret texts and works in a medialogical key. Improved research and writing skills.
Expected results according to Transversal skills:
a) MILs - Media and Information Literacy
Technology management, understanding of multimedia texts and materials, media languages, storytelling, creative reuse of digital contents, transmediality.
b) Cognitive Skills
Critical ability, contextualization of problems, art product detection and interpretation, problem-solving, creativity.
c) Soft Skills
Objective achievement, time organization, ability to take into account different points of view, dialectical and argumentative skills, interdisciplinarity.

Students take online tests on theoretical topics and produce written analyses of texts and works.
The final grade is the weighted average of the results from the various assessments (tests and analysis papers). Individual assessment results are made available online via the platform. To pass the exam, students must achieve a score of at least 18/30 on all of the following assessments:
a) general mediology test
b) test on theoretical elements of the mediology of the arts
c) short paper on at least four seminars/conferences
d) individual project involving the interpretation of literary texts, works of art, or films

a)- Video lectures on general mediology and video lectures on the mediology of literature, art, and performance (available on the Moodle module at elearning.uniroma1.it)
b)- Alberto Abruzzese and Paolo Mancini, *Sociologie della comunicazione*, Rome-Bari, Laterza, 2007
c)- Giovanni Ragone and Fabio Tarzia (eds.): *Storia e teoria della serialità*, Vol. I: *Dal canto omerico al cinema degli anni Trenta*, Meltemi, Milan 2023; OR: Sergio Brancato, Stefano Cristante, Emiliano Ilardi (eds.): *Storia e teoria della serialità*, Vol. II: *Il Novecento: dalle narrazioni di massa alla svolta digitale*, Meltemi, Milan 2024; OR: Giovanni Boccia Artieri, Giovanni Fiorentino (eds.): *Storia e teoria della serialità*, Vol. III: *Le forme della narrazione contemporanea tra arte, consumi e ambienti artificiali*, Meltemi, Milan 2024.
d)- Giovanni Ragone, *Per la mediologia della letteratura*, Aracne, Rome 2019 (available on the Moodle module at elearning.uniroma1.it); OR: Donatella Capaldi (ed.), *Kafka e le metafore dei media*, Liguori, Naples 2012 (also available as an e-book).
For students enrolled in the Master's degree program in Art History, the study of the texts listed in point d) is not mandatory.

Available on the module on the elearning.uniroma1.it platform.

Students are required to access the module on the online learning platform (which supports e-learning or blended learning, combining classroom sessions, group work, material creation, and online activities) at http://elearning.uniroma1.it. The access key for the module is "MLAS26".

The "Syllabus" document, available for download from the module, provides a step-by-step description of the sections, learning materials, and required assessments.
The course can be taken entirely via e-learning or through a blended learning approach (involving participation in lectures and seminars—partly in-person and partly online—as well as laboratory activities). The learning model is therefore a blended one, comprising:
a) Lectures: general framing of issues / main theories (cognitive skills / Bloom: 1-2 Remembering-Understanding / Tuning: Instrumental competencies)
b) Flipped classroom: discussion of materials available on the platform to reconstruct the theoretical framework starting from a specific example (problem-solving, critical thinking / Bloom: 3-4: Applying-Analyzing / Tuning: Instrumental and interpersonal competencies)
c) Self-directed learning involving research into materials and case studies (learning by doing, media languages ​​/ Bloom: 3-4: Applying-Analyzing / Tuning: Instrumental competencies)
d) Student presentations on topics of their choice: (linguistic skills, argumentation skills, planning of interventions, media languages ​​/ Bloom: 3 Evaluating-Creating / Tuning: Instrumental and relational competencies)
e) Seminars: in-depth sessions with experts
f) Paper writing
For all information and clarifications regarding enrollment and the course's progress, the tutor's email address is available on the Moodle module at elearning.uniroma1.it.

Students are required to be familiar with and adhere to the guidelines contained in the module's "Instructions," which are accessible on the platform and available for download as a PDF.

Self-study via blended learning or classroom attendance for the first section.
Classroom-based or online learning for the second section.
You must register for the module on elearning.uniroma1.it using the access key "MLAS26" and adhere to the general instructions and requirements for completing the steps on the platform.

Students take online tests on theoretical topics and produce written analyses of texts and works.
The final grade is the weighted average of the results from the various assessments (tests and analysis papers). Individual assessment results are made available online via the platform. To pass the exam, students must achieve a score of at least 18/30 on all of the following assessments:
a) general mediology test
b) test on theoretical elements of the mediology of the arts
c) short paper on at least four seminars/conferences
d) individual project involving the interpretation of literary texts, works of art, or films