Module teacher: Marinella Belluati

The general goal of the main module is to enhance knowledge of the students referring to the complexity of European communication. The module treats the topic in terms of policy, operative strategies, organization, and impact on the cultural productions.
In particular, the module aims to provide tools to analize and evaluate the impact of European communication policies by relating them to the potential to build a new informed public sphere. Students will be provided with an overview of how the European communication system works from a professional and operational point of view.

Thematic focus:

• 1. General overview of European communication: structures, functions and environments;
• 2. Multi-level dimension of European communication policy with a particular attention on guidelines fixed by European Institutions in terms of Institutional Communication and informative space;
• 3. The role of traditional and digital media in the construction of European speech practices;
• 4. The role of journalism and other sources of information in creating European storytelling;
• 5. The new European Public Sphere and the opportunities given by social media environments;
• 6. Going local communication strategies as a form of engagement and communication to the territories.

Accademic year 2019-2020

Lessons 2 and 3 March 2020 - The birth of the concept of Europe
Lesson 9 March 2020 - The history of European integration
Lesson 10 March 2020 - The European communication policy
Lesson 17 March 2020 - Institutional communication and the territories (participation of Francesco Laera)
Lesson 20 March 2020 - E-direct strategy
Lesson 23 March 2020 - The European Public Sphere
Lessons 24 March and 6 April 2020 (participation of M. L. Albergati, A. Masini and A. Verile)
Lesson 30 March 2020 - Democratic deficit vs information deficit
Lessons 31 March 2020- Nuvolar: presentation of the tool CoEUr
Lessons 6 and 7 April 2020 - European public opinion: Eurobarometer (lessons held by A. Seddone)
Lesson 7 April 2020 - European Parliament: Knowledge and communication in the European decision making (participation of Gianluca Sgueo)
Lesson 14 April 2020 - European elections
Lesson 21 April 2020 - The Good Lobby: communicating interests in Europe (participation of F. Anghelè and J. Colzani)
Lesson 4 May 2020 -Communicating EU migration policies (participation of S. Montaldo)
Lesson 3 June 2020 - CoEUr: portfolio presentation


Accademic year 2020-2021

Lesson 25 February 2021 - The history of Europe
Lesson 4 March 2021 - EU functioning and policy making
Lesson 5 March 2021 - European identity
Lesson 12 March 2021 - EU fundings and budget as key factors of EU policy design
Lesson 18 March 2021 - EU communication (participation of L. Ambrosino and V. Parasecolo)
Lesson 25 March 2021 - Nuvolar CoEUr
Lesson 29 March 2021 - Eurobarometer
Lesson 1 April 2021 - EU communication policy: from the beginning to date
Lessons 8 and 9 April 2021 - Europe Media Monitor (participation of M. L. Albergati, G. Jacquet, J. Linge and H. Pröll)
Lesson 15 April 2021 - Nuvolar CoEUr
Lesson 23 April 2021 - A European political communication is it likely? The role of the European Parliament, its parties and elections
Lesson 29 April 2021 - European communication politics
Lesson 30 April 2021 - Misinformation and EU policy
Lessons 6/27 May 2021 - Design to communicate
Lesson 3 June 2021 - Misinformation and EU policy
Lesson 10 June 2021 - Exams I. Curti


Accademic year 2021-2022

Lesson 24 February 2022 - Identity and EU communication
Lessons 25 February/23 April 2022 - Communicating the EU budget
Lesson 3 March 2022 - The European public sphere
Lesson 4 March 2022 - Communicating EU cohesion policies
Lesson 10 March 2022 - Democratic deficit vs information deficit and European sentiment
Lesson 17 March 2022 - Lesson 17 March 2022 - EU and research : focus on Nuvolar CoEur (participation of G. Gilberto)
Lesson 18 March 2022 - Monithon 2022. Participation and democracy tools in Europe
Lesson 24 March 2022 - EU information policy
Lesson 7 April 2022 - Europe Media Monitor (participation of G. Jacquet, J. Linge and H. Pröll)
Lesson 14 April 2022 - European parties and elections
Lesson 28 April 2022 - Tackling disinformation: the EU policy (participation of M. Barclay, M. Belluati and A. Rabacchin)
Lesson 29 April 2022 - EU communications from and towards its territories (participation of L. Ambrosino, R. De Marte, V. Le Voci and V. Parasecolo)
Lesson 29 April 2022 - Civic monitoring
Lesson 3 May 2022 - Communicating EU cohesion policies
Lesson 16 May 2022 - Contested Europe (participation of G. Bobba and A. Giovannini)
Lesson 27 May 2022 - EU project management (working groups)
Lesson 3 June 2022 - Portfolio presentation