Research

In Progress

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Pluralismo e democrazia. Media e informazione in Europa (2011-)

• Director: Michele Sorice
• Italian network coodinated by Guido Gili (with OssCom, director Fausto Colombo)
• Keywords: Politics, Pluralism, Information, Public Service, Democracy, Europe

Leaders and Leadership in Contemporary Political Communication (2011-)

• Directors: Emiliana De Blasio, Matthew Hibberd, Michele Sorice
• Academic Research
• Keywords: Politics, Political Communication, Leadership, Public Opinion, Public Space, Political Parties

Public Service Media across Europe (2009-)

• Directors: Philip Schlesinger, Michele Sorice
• European Research Network, promoted by Infocivica
• Keywords: Television, Broadband, Internet, Public Service, Democracy, Europe

Rappresentazione di gender nella politica italiana (2011-)

• Directors: Emiliana De Blasio, Daniela Gentile
• Academic Research
• Keywords: Politics, Gender, Women, Political Communication, Public Space, Political Parties, Government, Institutions

Presenza e rappresentazione della politica nella televisione italiana (2011-)

• Directors: Fausto Colombo, Michele Sorice
• Monitoring
• Keywords: Politics, Political Communication, Sociology, Television, Social representation

PAST

The Internet Websites of the Italian Cinema (1997)

• Director: Michele Sorice
• For: Ente dello Spettacolo – Mostra d’Arte cinematografica di Venezia
• Abstract: Textual and format analysis of the Internet websites of the Italian audiovisual production. Research about fans and professionals reception of the new communication styles of the Italian cinema
• Keywords: Cinema, Internet, Media Studies, Audience, Reception Analysis

Weak Subjects. News about marginality in the Italian media (1997-1998)

• Director: Michele Sorice
• For: Coordinamento Nazionale Comunità d’Accoglienza
• Abstract: Agenda setting of the mainstream Italian tv and press media. Analysis of the mediatization of the weak social actors in the media coverage
• Keywords: Journalism, Audience, Reception Analysis, Agenda setting, Marginality

Skins. Media representation of the immigrants in Italy (1997-2000)

• Director: Michele Sorice
• For: Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri
• Abstract: Annual Report of the press media coverage (20 newspapers) of the violence against the immigrants in Italy
• Keywords: Journalism, Agenda setting, Violence, Immigrants, Mediatization

Mediterranean landscapes of the satellite and digital televisions. Production and Consumption (2001-2003)

• Director: Michele Sorice
• Prin
• Abstract: Comparative analysis of the production and consumption of digital and satellite television in the Mediterranean area
• Keywords: Television, Digital, Mediterranean Culture, Media activism

Questions of Skin. Media coverage of the intolerance (2002-2003)

• Directors: Alberto Abruzzese, Emiliana De Blasio, Michele Sorice
• For: Comune di Roma, A buon diritto, Save the Children Italia
• Abstract: Media coverage and journalistic representation of the different forms of the intolerance
• Keywords: Journalism, Racism, Agenda setting, Intolerance, Media coverage

Institutional Communication Styles (2003)

• Directors: Adriano Donaggio, Giuseppe Del Medico, Michele Sorice
• For: Scuola Superiore della Pubblica Amministrazione
• Abstract: Traditional and innovative styles of communication of the Italian Institutions
• Keywords: Internet, Public communication, Semiotics

The fashion system. Communication and Representation (2003-2005)

• Director: Massimo Baldini
• PRIN
• Abstract:  Fashion system: history, theories and communication
• Keywords: Fashion, communication, semiotics

Outdoor movie (2004)

• Directors: Emiliana De Blasio, Michele Sorice
• Academic Research
• Abstract: Ethnographic research on alternative consumption of audiovisuals in “transit-places” and mobility situations
• Keywords: Audience, Mobile Consumption, Ethnography, Television, Music

The Digital Challenge. Street tv and videoactivism (2004-2005)

• Director: Michele Sorice
• Academic Research
• Abstract: Audience analysis and production development of the non-mainstream television and antagonistic products
• Keywords: Audience, Digital Television, Media Activism, Media studies, Street Television

The South of the News. International cooperation in media coverage (2004-2005)

• Director: Michele Sorice
• Academic Research for Cipsi
• Abstract: Media coverage and agenda building of the Italian International cooperation
• Keywords: Agenda setting, Journalism, Media coverage, International cooperation

Media Identities and Antagonistic Practices: Street TV and digital terrestrial television in Italy, UK and Mediterranean Europe (2004-2005)

• Director: Michele Sorice
• Prin
• Abstract: Production and consumption analysis of the emerging TV in Italy, Mediterranean area and UK, in the identity construction process
• Keywords: Audience, Television, DTT, Italy, Mediterranean, UK, Identity, Culture

Non-Mainstream Media (2004-2005)

• Directors: Piermarco Aroldi, Emiliana De Blasio, Francesca Pasquali, Michele Sorice
• For: Fondazione Italiana per il Volontariato (with Osscom, Catholic University Milan, Italy)
• Abstract: First national research about discursive strategies and reception analysis of the non-mainstream and alternative media in Italy
• Keywords: Audience, Non-mainstream media, Semiotics, Reception Analysis, Active audiences

The Drama’s Performing Audiences (2005)

• Director: Emiliana De Blasio
• Academic Research
• Abstract: Study about the participation of active audiences in the Italian TV drama’s consumption
• Keywords: Audience, Television, Fiction, Drama, Participation

Mediatized Politics: From the No-Confidence to The Action. An Analytical Study of The Interrelationship Between Media and Youth in Italy (2006)

• Directors: Emiliana De Blasio, Michele Sorice
• For: Regione Lazio
• Abstract: Research about youth perception of the political communication. Qualitative (focus groups and semiotic analysis) and quantitative approaches
• Keywords: Audience, Political Communication, Youth culture, Media representation

Strange Audiences. The Horror Film in Italy (2006-2007)

• Director: Emiliana De Blasio
• Academic Research
• Abstract: Market analysis and perspective of the horror films production. Study of the audiences request of horror genre
• Keywords: Audience, Horror, Film studies, Cinema, Media economics

Photojournalism (2006-2007)

• Director: Massimo Baldini
• Academic Research
• Abstract: Sociosemiotic analisys of relations between photojournalism and multimedia contest. Ethics and UGC
• Keywords: Photojournalism, UGC, Media Ethics, Semiotics

Journalism and Communication’s Professions between Italy and Europe (2006-2008)

• Directors: Massimo Baldini, Paolo Scandaletti
• For: Fondazione Banca Antonveneta
• Abstract: Comparative analysis about education and ethics in journalism and communication’s professions
• Keywords: Journalism, lobbying, advertising, public relations, public communication, education, ethics

Mobile Audiences (2007-2008)

• Director: Michele Sorice
• Academic Research
• Abstract: Methodological problems and new perspectives in Audience Research. Analytical study of the use of mobile devices for TV audiencing
• Keywords: Audience, Mobile Audience, Smartphone, Methodology

Social Networking between Access and Participation (2007-2008)

• Directors: Emiliana De Blasio, Michele Sorice
• Academic Research
• Abstract: Three levels research about the different forms of involvement in the use of social networks for civic and political purposes
• Keywords: Audience, Internet, Web 2.0, Social Networks, Political Communication

Media Generations (2007-2009)

• Director: Michele Sorice
• Prin
• Abstract: Cultural and media consumption in Italy through a generational perspective
• Keywords: Media, Television, Radio, Internet, Generations, Italy, Boom

Italian society in the audiovisual representation. Short movies between interpretive communities and non-mainstream cultures (2007-2009)

• Director: Emiliana De Blasio
• Academic Research
• Abstract: Textual, market and reception analysis of the independent production of short movies
• Keywords: Film studies, Short movie, Non-mainstream, Audience, Identity

The unconventional social advertising (2008-2009)

• Director: Paolo Peverini
• Academic Research
• Abstract: Sociosemiotic analysis of social advertising’s unconventional forms
• Keywords: Social advertising, guerrilla, unconventional, semiotics

The political use of the Web 2.0 (2008-2010)

• Director: Emiliana De Blasio
• Academic Research
• Abstract: Study of the emerging uses of the web 2.0 for political involvement and the constitution of new ways of citizens aggregation
• Keywords: Audience, Internet, Web 2.0, Social Networks, Political Communication

Rome: Capital of tourism and of Italian Style (2008-2010)

• Director: Luciano Luigi Pellicani, Michele Sorice
• Prin
• Abstract: Sociosemiotic analysis of the relationships between tourism and Italian Style in a cross-media scenario
• Keywords: Tourism, Italian Style, Rome, Semiotics, Globalization, Cultural Industries

Credibility and Trust in the Italian News System (2009-2010)

• Directors: Paolo Scandaletti, Michele Sorice
• Academic Research for LUISS Department of History and Political Science and Fondazione Banca Antonveneta
• Abstract: Users perception of credibility of the news system and people’s trust dynamics
• Keywords: Journalism, Media, News, Credibility

Open Cinema (2009-2010)

• Directors: Emiliana De Blasio, Paolo Peverini
• Academic Research for Fondazione Ente dello Spettacolo
• Abstract: Cinema and Internet. New styles in writing, producing, distributing and consuming cinema
• Keywords: Cinema, Media, Internet, Web 2.0, Marketing, Consumption, Audiences

Videogames. Grammars and Culture (2010)

• Director: Paolo Fabbri
• Research and Consulting
• Abstract: Language, grammars and use of videogames. Social impact of videogames culture
• Keywords: Videogames, Semiotics, Sociology, Film, Media Studies

Political Communication and Participation Strategies in the Web 2.0 (2010)

• Directors: Emiliana De Blasio, Michele Sorice
• Research and Consulting
• Abstract: Political Communication, electoral behaviour and grassroots participation through the social networking practices
• Keywords: Politics, Political Communication, Sociology,Web 2.0, Social Networking

 

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Since 2010 the CMCS participates to the European COST Action ISO906 “Transforming Audiences. Transforming Societies”