Autore: MSMC admin
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Generic visuals in the news as public images: Activating emotions, experiences and identities
Helen Kennedy · Giorgia Aiello · Taylor Annabell · Christopher W. Anderson QUOTE THIS PAPER: Kennedy, H., Aiello, G., Annabell, T., & Anderson, C. W. (2025). Generic visuals in the news as public images: Activating emotions, experiences and identities. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/13675494241310675 Historically, scholars of journalism have concerned themselves with meaning. It is ironic,…
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Digital labour: an empty signifier?
Alessandro Gandini QUOTE THIS PAPER: Gandini, A. (2021). Digital labour: an empty signifier?. Media, Culture & Society, 43(2), 369-380 Since the early 2000s, the expression ‘digital labour’ has identified an influential theoretical proposition in the Marxist critique of the political economy of digital media, which sees the leisure-driven, unpaid activities of social media users as…
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Exploring generational othering through Internet memes
Giulia Giorgi QUOTE THIS PAPERGiorgi, G. (2025). Exploring generational othering through Internet memes. The Sociological Review, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/00380261251314555 This article investigates the modalities through which Internet memes are involved in the process of generational othering. Existing research has emphasised that taking the distance from other cohorts is central to the reinforcement of generational cohesion. Nonetheless,…
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Applications Now Open!
Master’s Degree in Public and Corporate Communication (COM) Enrollment is now open for the Master’s Degree in Public and Corporate Communication (COM) at the University of Milan! Our interdisciplinary program prepares students for careers in media, marketing, and institutional communication, with courses fully or partially taught in English and Italian. The course offers three curricula:…
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Midweek Conversations – March
The March edition of our Midweek Conversations series featured two engaging presentations. This month, we were delighted to host Victoria Ertelthalner, PhD candidate from LMU Munich and visiting researcher in our Department, alongside Luca Giuffré, PhD candidate at the University of Milan and member of MSMC. Below, you’ll find the titles and abstracts of their…
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Midweek Conversations – February
As part of the second Midweek Conversations session, we were pleased to present a working paper from the ALGOFEED PRIN Project, featuring the collaborative efforts of four MSMC members —Airoldi, Caliandro, Gandini, and Rama— alongside esteemed academic colleagues from outside the School. This initiative highlights the growing network of MSMC’s research collaborations, fostering interdisciplinary dialogue…
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MSMC co-organizes ComPol 2025 Conference – Call for Papers
The Milan School of Media and Communication (MSMC) is proud to co-organize the 2025 Conference of the Italian Association of Political Communication (AssoComPol), one of the leading European events on media, politics, and trust in communication. The event will take place from July 3 to 5, 2025, at the Department of Social and Political Sciences,…