To learn the methods of analysis and construction of the news, through collective work of discussion and finally of writing. Learn the methods and practices for the construction of an editorial-journalistic output.
Course Prerequisites
none
Teaching Methods
Lectures, classroom exercises, meetings and discussions with experts
Assessment Methods
The final exam consists in the discussion of a group work around the concepts of the course, used as a categories of analysis and in-depth analysis of current events, with an international perspective. The final lessons of the course are dedicated to the collective processing (like an editorial meeting) about the different topics and to the assignment of the papers. In any case, each group (attending or non-attending) will agree with the teachers the topic of the final work.
Texts
Biblyography (for all): - G. Bosticco e G.B. Magnoli Bocchi, Controcomunicazione. Sopravvivere all’intelligenza artificiale. Milano, Franco Angeli, 2025. - Bosticco, G., e Dotti, M., Editoria Artificiale. L’AI tra crisi del falso, eccesso del vero e nuove forme del pensare; (in corso di pubblicazione)
Some other useful texts (especially for non-attenders) for preparing the examination paper: - G. Bosticco e G.B. Magnoli Bocchi, Come i social hanno ucciso la comunicazione. Milano, Guerini, 2020. - G. Bosticco e Marco Dotti (a cura di), Costellazioni. Sette lezioni sulla comunità. Milano, Guerini e Associati, 2021. - G. Bosticco, La cancel culture nel discorso geopolitico contemporaneo. Roma, Edicusano, 2023. - Alexandre Koyré, La quinta colonna, a cura di Marco Dotti, Meltemi, Milano 2025 (uscita febbraio 2025)
Contents
The course aims to critically explore the transformations taking place in the field of publishing and communication, in the age of Generative Artificial Intelligence. Through a multidisciplinary approach, we will analyze the implications that new text production technologies – from publishing automation to hybrid collaborative platforms – have on the concepts of truth, verisimilitude, and perceived reality. We will start from the current definition of true-false, believable-not-believable, effective-not-effective, and then turn to the definition of the criteria of factuality and authoritativeness in editorial products, between excesses of reality, manipulations, rhetorical effects and new standards of trustworthiness. The course is designed as a seminar and research course, aimed at developing in students critical capacity, theoretical awareness and skills in the analysis of contemporary publishing processes. Teaching activities include lectures, case studies, experimental writing workshops and talks with experts.
