Communication Disciplines
The Department of Communication Disciplines, one of the most recent departments created within the University of Bologna, has a strongly multi-disciplinary approach.
Its members (approximately 25, plus doctoral candidates participating in three different programmes) are specialised in the fields of semiotics, sociology, geography, and psychology.
Their research focuses especially on theories and systems of communication, mass media, public communication, conversation analysis, epistemology of geography, cultural studies, political communication, new media, spatial aspects of communication, public opinion, fashion, social communication, philosophy of language, interpersonal relationships, consumer behaviour, linguistics.