Corsi di Studio del Dipartimento di Culture, Politica e Società

The workshop provides students with an appropriate level of knowledge, skills and abilities, needed for the drafting of a research thesis project.

Broadly, the workshop prepares students to organize and plan complex written texts and contributes to the development of students' professional profile in the field of communication and information. The aim of the workshop is to provide students with skills needed to draft a final dissertation focusing on issues relating to: political communication, public and institutional communication and local promotion.

The workshop aims to provide students with:

- Knowledge of the rules of scientific writing and the main academic sources
- the skills needed to draw up the dissertation
- The ability to organize a scientific text both in terms of research and on that of writing
- The transversal competencies needed to carry out the research, such as independent judgment, critical thinking, and time organization.

The workshop is thought for a small number of students who have enrolled in the Master Degree course of Public and Political Communication and has the aim of helping students to plan and draft their own research project 

The main topics covered will be:

- Structure and organization of a research thesis
- Notes, bibliography and citations
- Methodology and research design
- The sources of research on media systems (sites, magazines, open data, ...)

The workshop will be given in person. Lectures, meetings with other professors and specific activities involving directly students will be proposed. Blended or distance modes will be activated in case of any restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Attendance is mandatory.

Credits are obtained through the presentation of a written thesis project.
The project will be evaluated on the basis of the following criteria:

(1) the degree of theoretical knowledge on the subject under investigation;
(2) methodological skills, bibliographic research and retrieval of research sources;
(3) competence in the design of an original and feasible research project

Tutorship activities will be implement upon specific and motivated request by students

There is not a compulsory bibliography. Optional readings are:

- Centanni, M., Daniotti, C., Pedersoli, A. (2004), Istruzioni per scrivere una tesi, un paper, un saggio, Bruno Mondadori, Milano.

- Eco, U. (2001), Come si fa una tesi di laurea, Bompiani, Milano.

- Italia, P. (2006), Scrivere all'università. Manuale pratico con esercizi e antologia di testi, Mondadori Education, Milano.

- Lesina, R. (2009), Il nuovo manuale di stile. Guida alla redazione di documenti, relazioni, articoli, manuali, tesi di laurea, Zanichelli, Bologna.

- Paoletti, G., Rigutti, S. (2010), Come presentare la tesi di laurea, Carocci, Roma.

- Politi, G. (2009), Scrivere tesi. Manuale per la stesura di tesi triennali, magistrali e di dottorato, Unicopli, Milano.

- Sala, V.B. (2009), Tesi di laurea con computer e Internet, Apogeo, Milano.

- Santambrogio, M. (2008), Manuale di scrittura (non creativa), Laterza, Bari-Roma.

The course will be given in presence (without audio/video streaming). Remote sessions may only be organised for specific reasons - and in any case may not exceed 20% of the total hours provided. Teaching and learning materials (videos, films, articles, etc.) will be made available on the Moodle platform, which will also contains materials produced by the participants, spaces for discussion and self-assessment tests. Other distance learning modalities may only be planned because of specific needs related to the pandemic emergency.

THE WORKSHOP IS ADDRESSED TO THE STUDENTS OF THE MASTER COURSE IN PUBLIC AND POLITICAL COMMUNICATION.

Students may also participate in the workshop, even if they do not have curriculum requirements to obtain CFU, but are interested in acquiring tools to prepare their final paper.

It is strongly recommended that all students participate in the workshop, preferably in the second year of the course.

If students are unable to attend or have more than two absences, credits can be registered by writing:

(1) a thesis project - which will not be discussed (template available among the materials on Moodle);

(2) Essay to be submitted by 31/01/2023 - which must be a structured synthesis from:
- Eco, U. (2001), Come si fa una tesi di laurea, Bompiani, Milano.
- Ghena, V (2019) La tesi di laurea. Ricerca, scrittura e revisione per chiudere in bellezza, Zanichelli, Milano.
- Bustreo, M. (2015) Tesi di laurea step by step. La guida per progettare, scrivere e argomentare prove finali e scritti professionali senza stress, Hoepli, Milano.

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Schedule

7 November 2023 – h16.00-18.00 

14 November 2023 – h16.00-18.00

15 November 2023 – h16.00-18.00

21 November 2023 – h16.00-18.00

22 November 2023 – h14.00-16.00

11 December 2023 – h14.00-16.00

12 December 2023 – h14.00-16.00

13 December 2023 – h14.00-16.00

14 December 2023 – h14.00-16.00