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A study in pink. Le narrazioni digitali dell'influ-attivismo femminista
No full textThis paper investigates influ-activism, defined as the intersection of influencer culture and activism, focusing on feminist and inclusive causes. The phenomenon is framed within the broader context of digital activism and platformization, highlighting the mutual influence between influencers and social media ecosystems. Building on existing literature, the study explores how digital platforms facilitate the rapid mobilization of social movements, while also reshaping activist communication and strategies. The research adopts a netnographic approach, analyzing Instagram profiles of ten female influ-activists aged between 25 and 52. These influencers were selected based on their engagement with feminist, LGBTQ+, and social justice topics. A thematic analysis of 151 posts, supported by NVivo software, revealed distinct generational patterns in their narratives and content strategies. The study identifies two main feminist frameworks: third-wave and fourth-wave feminism. Third-wave influ-activists emphasize gender equality through a critical lens on sexist language and imagery, often focusing on external advocacy. Conversely, fourth-wave influ-activists adopt an inclusive and intersectional perspective, promoting themes such as body positivity, gender identity, and self-expression. This wave also demonstrates a higher degree of commercialization, balancing advocacy with branded content. The findings suggest that younger influ-activists leverage innovative, media-integrated formats to engage audiences and foster change from within the media landscape. The study concludes that influ-activism represents a new form of digital activism, balancing authenticity, social commitment, and commercial interests. It highlights the evolving role of influencers as key actors in promoting social change in the digital age
A Study in Pink. Le narrazioni digitali dell'influ-attivismo femminista
Full text linkThis paper investigates influ-activism, defined as the intersection of influencer culture and activism,
focusing on feminist and inclusive causes. The phenomenon is framed within the broader context of
digital activism and platformization, highlighting the mutual influence between influencers and social
media ecosystems. Building on existing literature, the study explores how digital platforms facilitate the
rapid mobilization of social movements, while also reshaping activist communication and strategies. The
research adopts a netnographic approach, analyzing Instagram profiles of ten female influ-activists aged
between 25 and 52. These influencers were selected based on their engagement with feminist,
LGBTQ+, and social justice topics. A thematic analysis of 151 posts, supported by NVivo software,
revealed distinct generational patterns in their narratives and content strategies. The study identifies
two main feminist frameworks: third-wave and fourth-wave feminism. Third-wave influ-activists
emphasize gender equality through a critical lens on sexist language and imagery, often focusing on
external advocacy. Conversely, fourth-wave influ-activists adopt an inclusive and intersectional
perspective, promoting themes such as body positivity, gender identity, and self-expression. This wave
also demonstrates a higher degree of commercialization, balancing advocacy with branded content. The
findings suggest that younger influ-activists leverage innovative, media-integrated formats to engage
audiences and foster change from within the media landscape. The study concludes that influ-activism
represents a new form of digital activism, balancing authenticity, social commitment, and commercial
interests. It highlights the evolving role of influencers as key actors in promoting social change in the
digital age
The Sustainable Food of Future: Cultured Meat Coverage in the Italian Newspaper, 2004-2023
No full textResearch abstract, entitled “The Sustainable Food of Future: Cultured Meat Coverage in the Italian Newspaper, 2004-2023”, presented at the 16th ESA international conference, 27-30 August 2024, in Porto, Portugal
L’inclusione nei processi di governance e comunicazione delle università
Full text linkThe paper aims at investigating the theme of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) in the context of the emerging missions of Italian universities, integrating academic didactics and research and supporting their impact on the surrounding context. The study adopts a qualitative and exploratory approach, integrating the analysis of the strategic organizational documents and communication activities of a selected group of Italian mega-universities with in-depth interviews with experts and key-witnesses, in order to describe the institutionalisation level of policies for inclusion in the academic governance, the characteristics and operational dimensions of these initiatives, their role in universities’s communication strategies and activities. The contribution aims at reflecting on the role of University as a sui generis example of cultural and ethical institution, with a focus on the potential that it can express in terms of generating social and shared value in contemporary scenario. Keywords: social impact, diversity, equity & inclusion, university communication, public engagement
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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