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This is the Centre for Media and Communication Studies (CMCS) "Massimo Baldini" weblog. CMCS is based at LUISS University. This blog is written in English and Italian. Blog informativo del Centre for Media and Communication Studies "Massimo Baldini" della LUISS. Queste pagine usano indifferentemente la lingua inglese e la lingua italiana.

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Research In Progress

The political use of the Web 2.0 (2008-)

  • 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
  • Coordinator: Emiliana De Blasio

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

  • 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
  • Coordinators: Luciano Luigi Pellicani, Michele Sorice

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

  • Abstract: Users perception of credibility of the news system and people’s trust dynamics
  • Keywords: Journalism, Media, News, Credibility
  • Coordinators: Paolo Peverini, Paolo Scandaletti, Michele Sorice

Open Cinema (2009-)

  • Abstract: Cinema and Internet. New styles in writing, producing, distributing and consuming cinema
  • Keywords: Cinema, Media, Internet, Web 2.0, Marketing, Consumption, Audience
  • Coordinators: Emiliana De Blasio, Paolo Peverini

Premiere (2010-)

  • Abstract: Debut films of the Italian Cinema. Analysis of the genres, texts and market of the new Italian cinema
  • Keywords: Cinema, Marketing, Consumption, Audiences, Italy
  • Coordinators: Emiliana De Blasio, Paolo Peverini

Videogames. Grammars and Culture (2010-)

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

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