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Follow the user: Taking advantage of Internet users as methodological resources
Alessandro Caliandro QUOTE THIS PAPER: Caliandro, A. (2024). Follow the user: Taking advantage of Internet users as methodological resources. Convergence, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/13548565241307569 In this article, I introduce a novel epistemological approach meant to re-adapt the digital methods paradigm to a fast changing digital landscape. This change was mostly brought about by the transformation of Web 2.0 into a…
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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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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…
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Subjectivity and algorithmic imaginaries: the algorithmic other
Alessandro Gandini · Alessandro Gerosa · Luca Giufrè · Silvia Keeling QUOTE THIS PAPERGandini, A., Gerosa, A., Giuffrè, L. et al., Subjectivity and algorithmic imaginaries: the algorithmic other. Subjectivity 30, 417–434 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41286-023-00171-w ABSTRACTThe notion of algorithmic imaginaries has been affirmed as an important heuristic to understand the functioning of social media algorithms through the account of…
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Midweek Conversations – A Wednesday Stop for Thought at MSMC
We are excited to launch Midweek Conversations, a new monthly gathering at MSMC dedicated to discussing cutting-edge research in media and communication studies. This initiative provides a space for scholars connected to our School—faculty members, visiting researchers, and friends of MSMC—to share their work, exchange ideas, and engage in insightful discussions in an open and…