Publications
Series "Research. Media, entertainment and cultural processes"
The historical series of Vita e Pensiero that explores the themes of communication and entertainment.
Magazines
The Department is responsible for the quarterly Social Communications. Journal of Media, Perfoming Arts and Cultural Studies. Founded by Mario Apollonio in 1973, as Annali della Scuola Superiore di Comunicazioni Sociali, a quarterly magazine, published regularly since 1979, it has intervened, with monographic issues alternating with miscellaneous issues, on the great and nodal themes of theater, cinema, radio, television, journalism, advertising, of new technologies. The journal has always promoted strictly scientific reflection on theory, history, and critical analysis of the media, while also intervening in the debate on the most contingent and thorny issues of communication, such as those of ethics and anthropological design. The magazine is directed by Chiara Giaccardi, Alice Cati and Laura Peja.
History of Communication and Entertainment in Italy
History of Communication and Entertainment in Italy is a work in three volumes edited by the Department of Communication and Performing Arts Sciences.
Media and communication in Italy: historical and theoretical perspectives
The present work is an anthology of these three volumes, specifically intended for an international readership: it consists of a number of the previously published essays, each of which has been revised, extended and – where necessary – updated.
