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Here you can find some informations about our main research activities. Don't hesitate to contact us if you need further informations or even to give us suggestions and ideas.

 

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's communication (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                 
  • 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

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

Photojournalism (2006-2007)

  • Directors: Paolo Peverini, Marica Spalletta                 
  • Academic Research
  • Abstract: Sociosemiotic analisys of relations between photojournalism and multimedia contest. Ethics and UGC
  • Keywords: Photojournalism, UGC, Ethics, Semiotics                   

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 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-)

  • 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

The revolution of unconventional social advertising (2008-2009)

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

Introducing Jacques Séguéla (2008-2009)

  • Director: Lorenzo Ugolini                  
  • Academic Research
  • Abstract: The life and work of Jacques Séguéla: advertising as a strategy. 
  • Keywords: Séguéla, adverstising, politics, star

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

  • Directors: Paolo Peverini, 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-)

  • Directors: Emiliana De Blasio, Paolo Peverini               
  • Academic Research for 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

Premiere (2010-)

  • Directors: Emiliana De Blasio, Paolo Peverini               
  • Research and Consulting
  • Abstract: Analysis of the genres, texts and market of the new Italian cinema
  • Keywords: Cinema, Marketing, Consumption, Audiences, Italy

Videogames. Grammars and Culture (2010-)

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

 

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Since 2010 the CMCS participates to the European COST Action "Transforming Audiences. Transforming Societies"