Communication Sciences (Academic Year 2021/2022) - Public Institutions and Digital Media

The module entails no specific prerequisites.

The module is aimed at exploring the various areas encompassed by the multifaceted profile of the digital and social manager, focusing on the skills required by the communication planning, contents production and results analysis processes in order to supply the tools needed to deal with a continuously evolving professional world.

The video lessons deal with the following issues:

Planning of integrated communication strategy

Owned and Earned media: institutional websites, blogs, apps and social networks

Positioning, thematic areas and key words

The importance of policy, from the tone of voice to managing crises

Social media, platforms, formats, languages

Brand Reputation

Users’ profiling

Storytelling: narratives and cross-media contents

The editorial calendar

Writing for the Web

Feeding the community: from managing comments to groups building

Digital PR and Influencer Marketing

Reach wider audiences through social advertising techniques

Measuring the results: analytics, metrics, KPIs

- Landi C., Colicci F., Social media expert. Analizza, promuovi, monitora e ottimizza, FrancoAngeli, Milano, 2021.

- Gemma A., Il social media è il messaggio. Teoria e tecniche del social media management, Meltemi editore, Milano, 2023.

Le esercitazioni previste consisteranno in test obbligatori di autovalutazione che studenti e studentesse dovranno svolgere e in esercitazioni consegnabili volte ad analizzare casi studio di alcuni marchi.