Epistemology in journalism is the criterion of validity that enables journalists to distinguish the false from the true. Questioning how journalists depict reality is important especially in an age of…
V Conference of the Società Scientifica Italiana di Sociologia, Cultura, Comunicazione – SISCC University of Bari “Aldo Moro” Mondi possibili. Tra crisi, conflitti e pratiche creative. June 22 and…
Conference of the Italian Association of Political Communication (AssoComPol) Beyond digital political communication: platforms, algorithms and automation University of Torino 8-10 June 2023 Presentation: Esperienze di comunicazione politica e partecipazione…
This literature review examines the intersection between political polarization and problematic information, two phenomena prominent in recent events like the 2016 Trump election and the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. We analyzed…
After a period of initial enthusiasm about the greater communication power offered to citizens by the Internet, scholars now share a widespread concern about online participation in problematic news cycles.…
ECREA 2022 - 9th European Communication Conference University of Aarhus 19-22 October 2022 Presentation: Public Health comes first? Divergence and differences between communitarians and libertarians during the Covid-19 pandemic Authors:…
Political Association of Political Communication Conference (AssoComPol) Political communication in (time of) crisis University of Bologna June 30 – July 1, 2022 Presentation: Participation in problematic news cycles on social…
IV Convegno SISCC - Società Scientifica Italiana di Sociologia, Cultura, Comunicazione Qualcosa è cambiato? La trasformazione dei saperi University of Naples Federico II 23-24 giugno 2022 Presentation: Infodemia percepita nei…
Journalism and Disinformation | International Conference 16-17 December 2021 University of Palermo and online Interdepartmental Network on Journalism & Disinformation Presentation: Who’s afraid of the COVID Vaccine? Fake news, information…
Italy was the first Western democracy to experience mass lockdown in response to COVID-19. In the early stages of the pandemic, citizens’ trust in the government increased and journalists “indexed”…
This paper provides empirical evidence about varying levels of trust in anti-Covid vaccines amongst Italian citizens. We problematize the issue of trust at the crossroads between three strands of literature.…
Public opinion polarization on immigration can hinder social cohesion, integration policies and economic growth. Political campaigns and partisan news media systems have long been investigated in terms of potential drivers…
SISP Conference 2021 (Società Italiana di Scienza Politica) 09-11/09/2021 Online Conference Section 5 - Political Communication (Panel 5.10 Covid-19. La comunicazione di una pandemia) Presentation: Who's afraid of the COVID…
In this paper, we discuss implications that the lockdown experience had on goals, methodological approaches, and topics of interest of a longitudinal study that we are conducting on political opinion…
We were about to go to the field with our research, the date was set for May 2020. We had been working on the questionnaire for months. On 8 March…