SOCIOLOGIA DELLE RETI E DELL'ECONOMIA DIGITALE

Course Structure

• ECONOMIA DIGITALE E INNOVAZIONE

  1)Innovation studies: it is presented the theme of innovation as an interdisciplinary field of study even if with particular reference to the studies and contributions of classical sociology up to the recent construction of the concept of social innovation.

  2) Inventors and Innovators: the distinction between the two figures will be analyzed, highlighting their differences and interrelations through case studies and examples.

  3) Innovation and policies: the theme of innovation will be related to that of policies and the importance of institutional contexts for innovation will be emphasized considering the comparative political economyapproach and the relevance of the innovation eco-system and the so called “triple helix”.

  4) The forms of innovation in the digital economy: various forms of innovation in the digital economy will be examined - from industry 4.0, to the phenomenon of start-ups and the platform economy, from social innovation to fab labs and crowdfunding.

Detailed Course Content

• TECNOLOGIE DIGITALI E COMUNICAZIONE
  • New media, old media and digital culture
  • CMC, models and theories
  • New media languages
  • New media and identities
  • Digital divide
  • New media and political participation
  • Free software and open source
  • Open content and open knowledge
  • Knowledge and information society
  • Citizen journalism
• ECONOMIA DIGITALE E INNOVAZIONE

  It is presented the theme of innovation as an interdisciplinary field of study even if with particular reference to the studies and contributions of classical sociology up to the recent construction of the concept of social innovation.

  The distinction between the two figures will be analyzed, highlighting their differences and interrelations through case studies and examples.

  The theme of innovation will be related to that of policies and the importance of institutional contexts for innovation will be emphasized considering the comparative political economyapproach and the relevance of the innovation eco-system and the so called “triple helix”.

  Various forms of innovation in the digital economy will be examined - from industry 4.0, to the phenomenon of start-ups and the platform economy social innovation to fab labs and crowdfunding.

Textbook Information

• TECNOLOGIE DIGITALI E COMUNICAZIONE
  1. Aa. Vv., Sociologia dei new media, Milano, UTET
  2. Paccagnella, L., Open Access. Conoscenza aperta e società dell’informazione, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2010, pp. 47-112 ; 141-180
  3. Maistrello, S., Giornalismo e nuovi media. L'informazione al tempo del citizenjournalism, Milano, Apogeo, 2010, pp. 87 – 210
• ECONOMIA DIGITALE E INNOVAZIONE

  Ramella F., Sociologia dell’innovazione Economica, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2013, pp. 7-182.

  Barbera F. Innovatori Sociali, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2019, pp. 13-38 e pp. 75-84.

  Pero L., Organizzazione lavoro e Industria 4.0, in Professionalità Studi 1/2017, pp. 4-19

  Arcidiacono D., Gli ambigui sentieri del platform work, in Fondazione Feltrinelli Quaderni, n. 25/2018, p. 79-103

  Luise V., La molteplicità dell’economia Start Up, in Buffardi A., Savonardo L., Culture digitali, innovazione e startup: Il modello Contamination Lab, Egea, Milano, 2019, pp.55-72.

  Pais I., Peretti P., Spinelli C., Crowdfunding. La via collaborativa all’imprenditorialità, Egea, Milano, 2014, pp. 5-28.

  Manzo C., Ramella F., I nuovi artigiani digitali, in Il MULINO 2/2016, pp. 268-275.