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Frames of conflict / conflict of frames: A frame analysis of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in Italian press and politics
No full textRussia’s war on Ukraine had a major political and media resonance in Europe. By relying on frame analysis, this article investigates the main narratives characterizing the Italian public debate in the first four months of hostilities. It addresses two major arenas: journalism – focusing on four Italian newspapers; and politics – focusing on parliamentary records and the Twitter accounts of Italian political leaders. The article shows that the debate was heterogeneous and polarized. It identifies five major frames on the causes and consequences of the conflict, varying in prominence between and within the sources examined. These variations reflected not only their different orientations, but also how they intercepted deeper socio-political fractures at the national level. Overall, humanitarian and economic concerns were prioritized over more ideological reflections on the nature of the Russian invasion. Such findings contribute to the literature on framing and to the ongoing study of the impact of the war on European press and politics
Two decades of SGRI: Italy and the evolution of IR scholarship in the twenty-first century
No full textThis article marks the 20th anniversary of the Italian Standing Group on International Relations (SGRI), reflecting on its pivotal contributions to International Relations (IR) scholarship in Italy. Founded in 2004 under the Italian Political Science Association (SISP), SGRI sought to foster collaboration among scholars, promote research excellence, and enhance the discipline’s international visibility. Over two decades, SGRI has evolved into a vibrant platform for academic exchange, supporting early-career researchers, organizing conferences, and encouraging participation in global projects. The article examines SGRI’s role in addressing historical challenges in Italian IR scholarship, such as fragmentation, limited global engagement, and marginalization within academia. By promot- ing intergenerational mentorship, facilitating high-quality research, and adopting English as its primary language for events, SGRI has successfully bridged gaps between Italian and international academic communities. Its initiatives have bolstered Italy’s presence in global IR discourse, fostering cross-disciplinary collaboration and enriching scholarly dialogue. Despite these achievements, challenges remain, including structural barriers in Ital- ian academia and the need for greater integration of regional studies and subfields. The article calls for enhanced institutional support, further internationalization, and greater alignment with global standards. SGRI’s journey highlights its critical role in shaping a more interconnected and impactful IR academic network in Italy
Food, Terrorism, and the Boko Haram and Al-Shabaab Insurgencies
No full textThis article explores the role of food in terrorist insurgencies, focusing on the cases of Boko Haram and Al-Shabaab. Building on the research on food weaponization and resource mobilization, it shows how food is a key dimension of insurgencies. Terrorist groups leverage it to increase compliance from the population and weaken state forces. However, despite enabling militants to achieve operational objectives, food-centered tactics can cause long-term disruptions decreasing their access to resources and their capabilities. Such dynamics have major humanitarian consequences on the ground, showing the need for more comprehensive security strategies addressing local vulnerabilities while building resilience against terrorism
La guerra stampata
No full textL’avanzata delle truppe russe e lo scoppio del conflitto in Ucraina nel febbraio 2022 hanno avuto una significativa risonanza politica e mediale nella società occidentale, risvegliando preoccupazioni geopolitiche e alimentando dibattiti sulle cause e i possibili orizzonti della guerra. Mentre molti stati europei hanno iniziato ad aumentare il sostegno militare a Kiev, narrazioni diverse del conflitto, anche in conflitto tra loro, sono emerse e hanno guadagnato popolarità. Al fine di contribuire all’analisi di tale processo, questo capitolo ricostruisce le principali cornici interpretative (frame) che hanno plasmato il dibattito pubblico italiano nei primi quattro mesi del conflitto all’interno del campo giornalistico, analizzando quattro quotidiani nazionali tra i più letti e politicamente rappresentativi. Attraverso un approccio induttivo-deduttivo, l’articolo identifica i frame (e i relativi dispositivi di framing) che hanno dominato il discorso giornalistico nazionale sullo scoppio e sulle conseguenze del conflitto ucraino. In tal modo, il capitolo fornisce approfondimenti sulle dinamiche di creazione di significato attraverso le quali vengono prodotte le percezioni pubbliche della guerra, gettando luce sulle strategie interpretative e argomentative utilizzate dai media e sui loro effetti in termini di polarizzazione del discorso pubblic
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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