A5040299371- Gender, Feminism, and Media
- Social Media and Politics
- Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
- Gender Politics and Representation
- Migration, Refugees, and Integration
- Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
- Gender Roles and Identity Studies
- Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
- Media Studies and Communication
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Art, Politics, and Modernism
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Cultural Industries and Urban Development
- Italian Fascism and Post-war Society
Sapienza University of Rome
2020-2025
The article explores the tensions between 'common-sense' and 'continuum' conceptualisations of sexual violence in public discourse during height #MeToo social media movement 2017. A particularly salient case study for analysis is identified publication assault allegations against actors Aziz Ansari on website Babe.net January 2018. This story proved especially controversial sparked a debate role consent everyday settings boundaries what constitutes violence. thematic sample tweets discussing...
The relationship between digital practices, gender, and intimacy in teenagers’ everyday life is gaining growing attention. We can look at media as environments that offer young people agency spaces where they construct perform their identity (boyd 2014) through bricolage practices (Willett 2008) by experimenting with own selves, also regard to gender (Ferreira 2021; Metcalfe & Llewellyn 2020; Scarcelli 2015; De Ridder 2017; Livingstone Mason 2015). Studies have devoted attention...
Abstract TikTok, a social media platform for creating and sharing short videos, has seen surge in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic. To analyse Italian vaccine conversation on we downloaded sample of videos with high play count (Top Videos), identified through an unofficial Application Programming Interface (consistent TikTok’s Terms Service), collected public from sceptic users snowball sampling (Vaccine Sceptics’ videos). The were analysed using qualitative quantitative methods,...
The transformations of gender cultures are among the most powerful cultural and social processes our age: at different speeds, these changes affecting all societies in world. Feminist thought struggles, LGBTQ+ movements new masculinities eroding pillars patriarchy. Changes this magnitude, destined to overturn centuries-old systems power relations public private life, have been met with widespread resistance. Even progressive experienced backlash, gender-based discrimination violence still...
In recent decades, the styles and role of monumentality have undergone significant transformations in West, line with wider trends democratization demystification arts. Nevertheless, statues depicting human figures are still important landmarks urban cultures. The statue wars that erupted several countries during years to challenge racist, colonial and/or patriarchal vision embodied by many monuments, a tangible demonstration this. However, topic remains understudied scientific literature....
The #MeToo movement has had a profound cultural impact on US society, and notably party politics. While many studies have addressed the #MeToo-related controversy arising from Brett Kavanaugh nomination to Supreme Court Justice in 2018, relationship between politics before this event remained understudied. This article, therefore, addresses gap by looking at role of beginning movement. Focusing first six months online activity Twitter (October 2017 – April 2018), over 2 million tweets with...