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Midweek Conversations – April
The Midweek Conversations series continues to grow, embracing an increasingly diverse range of topics at the intersection of media, communication, and contemporary society. Each meeting reflects the broad and multifaceted perspective with which the Milan School of Media and Communication explores today’s social realities and the evolving landscape of communication. Below is the abstract from…
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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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Practice, Interpretation, and Meaning in Today’s Digital Media Ecosystem
Christopher W. Anderson QUOTE THIS PAPERAnderson, C. W. (2020). Practice, Interpretation, and Meaning in Today’s Digital Media Ecosystem. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 97(2), 342-359. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077699020916807 (Original work published 2020) Historically, scholars of journalism have concerned themselves with meaning. It is ironic, then, that much of the most influential scholarship on digital media over the past two decades has…
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VISUALIZING GENDER in Communication Campaigns
On April 8 2025, The Department of Social and Political Sciences and the Genders Research Centre of the University of Milan will host Visualizing Gender in Communication Campaigns.The event has been organized by Professor Giorgia Aiello (University of Milan) and Professor Marta Severo (University of Paris Nanterre) and shall explore the intersection of gender, visual…
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Visual communication has always been political
Giorgia Aiello QUOTE THIS PAPERAiello, G. (2023). “Visual communication has always been political”. Journal of Visual Political Communication, 10(1), 7-16. This article is an invitation to engage with the small ‘p’ politics of visual political communication by highlighting the importance of both culture and history, in order to gain greater understanding of how images and…
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Parables of Modernity: Italian Advertising Meets Religion, 1890–1950
Carlo Nardella QUOTE THIS PAPERNardella, C. (2024). Parables of Modernity: Italian Advertising Meets Religion, 1890–1950. Religions, 15(12), 1540. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel15121540 The use of religious symbols in commercial advertising is not only a modern phenomenon. The research presented here traces its existence from the start of the last century through the analysis of a broad sample of…
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Master’s Degree in Public and Corporate Communication (COM)
Applications Now Open! 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: Tuition fee reductions and financial…
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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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MSMC Welcomes Victoria Ertelthalner – LMU Munich
The Milano School of Media and Communication (MSMC) is pleased to welcome Victoria Ertelthalner, a PhD student and research associate from LMU Munich, who will be joining us at the University of Milan until March 23rd. Victoria’s research focuses on the impact of AI-based tools on journalistic practices and newsroom cultures. Her project, titled “Newsroom…
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The nested relationality of perceived legitimacy: Mapping taste hierarchies with granular digital traces
Massimo Airoldi QUOTE THIS PAPERAiroldi, M., 2024. The nested relationality of perceived legitimacy: Mapping taste hierarchies with granular digital traces. Poetics, 102, 101864. ABSTRACTThe article has a double purpose. On the one hand, it contributes to theories of cultural legitimacy and classification. Based on data about consumers’ music evaluations, it shows that taste hierarchies are…