Elena Pavan
Biographic Data
| ID | 277082 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elena Pavan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elena |
| FAMILY NAME | Pavan |
| SIGNATURE | PAVAN E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Trento |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8693-5998 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 68 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Taking research on social change one step further and into the digital
“We hate her . . . and you too”
This article proposes a joint application of online network analysis and NLP techniques to explore dynamics of “polarized intersectionality”—that is, how (mis)representations of women that develop online and at the intersection of different axes of discrimination entwine with ideological and affective polarization. We look in particular at whether and how digital (mis)representations change together with political scenarios in which political par…
Varieties of antigenderism
This research contributes to the study of populist radical right parties’ (PRRPs) role in gendered democratic backsliding by analyzing their articulation and symbolic representation of gender issues. We compare the politicization of gender issues across three European PRRPs, examining how context-specific gendered opportunity structures – the level of contestation of gender issues in their country, the resonance of antigenderism among their elect…
Framing matters
Western-based LGBTQIA+ mobilisations have often been described as both internally fragmented and isolated from other social struggles. However, recent studies show that LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*, queer, intersex, asexual/aromantic and other) organisations have increasingly used social media to span organisational boundaries by networking with other groups and framing common concerns. This article addresses these concerns by examini…
Battles Over Issues” in Networked Publics
In this article we explore the discursive mobilization of movement frames within networked publics—a form of unorganized digital activism through which movement organizations, activists, and citizens politicize ordinary conversations by engaging in adversarial meaning-making dynamics online. Leaning on large-scale semantic network analysis and content analysis, we investigate the mobilization of the frame of antifascism within the conversation th…
The ties that fight. Il potere integrativo delle reti online femministe
With the pervasive spread of digital media, feminist struggles broaden to new spaces of contention where public discourse becomes central both as a territory and as an instrument of the fight. The strategic use of digital platforms expands the networks underpinning feminist initiatives and imbues them with cultural and symbolic resources which, in turn, contribute to protest organization but also to challenge and redefine the narratives that inne…
Feminist alliances
Close ever, distant never? Integrating protest event and social network approaches into the transformation of the Hungarian far right
In this article, we extend our understanding of fringe politics to include relational and thematic elements, namely, the relationship of far-right collective actors with their broader network and the claims made within it. Locating our analysis at the intersection of protest event and social network analysis, we focus on the far-right Movement for a Better Hungary (Jobbik) which, since late 2013, has committed to moderation. Analysing the protest…
At the roots of media cultures. Social movements producing knowledge about media as discriminatory workspaces
In this article we aim to contribute to the study of social movement media cultures by paying specific attention to the practices through which collective actors build specific knowledge about media as workspaces. More precisely, we analyze how knowledge about media and tech companies as discriminatory workspaces is produced starting from the very lived experiences and situated understandings of women and LGBT workers. We investigate this set of …
We are family . The conflict between conservative movements and feminists
Between 29 and 31 March 2019, the city of Verona hosted the thirteenth World Congress of Families (WCF) – an international event aimed at celebrating the ‘natural family’ as well as discussing the manifold challenges created for it by the contemporary socio-political context. Far from being an occasion to develop scientific and critical reflections, the WCF used the natural family as a veil beneath which to propagate a radically conservative view…
Digital Media and Knowledge Production Within Social Movements
In this article, we aim at contributing to ongoing discussions on the nexus between digital media and social movements. We investigate how activists problematize the inclusion of digital media within their courses of action and exploit these tools to produce and diffuse alternative knowledge on the issues on which they mobilize. We do so by studying Transition Italia (TI), the Italian hub of the transnational Transition movement struggling for re…
Designing anticipatory policies through the use of ICTs
This paper seeks to achieve a better understanding of how and under what conditions current digital communication technologies can become an asset to the design of effective policies. In order to do so, we bridge two strands of reflection that have hitherto developed quite independently – i.e. policy design studies and researches on the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to reform the public sector. We start from the assumpt…
Solidarity in the European Union
Repertoires of knowledge practices
Purpose Starting from the assumption that knowledge becomes all the more important for movements in times of crisis, as old structures are challenged and new ones envisaged and proved feasible, the purpose of this paper is to suggest ways to expand the toolkit of social movement studies in order to empirically address knowledge practices as a meaningful part of contemporary progressive activism. Design/methodology/approach The authors start by ar…
The integrative power of online collective action networks beyond protest. Exploring social media use in the process of institutionalization
In this article, we aim at expanding the event-based and protest-centered perspective that is typically adopted to study the nexus between social media and movements. To this aim, we propose a network-based approach to explore the changing role that these tools play during the dynamic unfolding of movement processes and, more particularly, over the course of their institutionalization. In the first part, we read the added value of social media as…
Global governance and ICTs
In this article, we address transformations in global governance brought about by information and communication technologies (ICTs). Focusing on the specific domain of 'gender-oriented communication governance ', we investigate online interactions among different kinds of actors active in promoting gender equity in and through the media. By tracing and analysing online issue networks, we investigate which actors are capable of influencing the fra…
Social Networks and Politics
TakeBackTheTech and #WhatAreYouDoingAboutVAW. Reclaiming ICTs and Soliciting Stakeholders' Responsibility to End Violence Against Women
Since at least the mid-1970s, gender stereotyping and misrepresentation, together with women's marginalization and professional discrimination, have been recognized as major challenges to the actua
Researching Collective Action Through Networks
Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Nina Eggert, Elena Pavan; Researching Collective Action Through Networks: Taking Stock and Looking Forward. Mobilization: An International Quarterly 1 December 2014; 19 (4): 363–368. doi: https://doi.org/10.17813/maiq.19.4.5415176rj6wt3q…
Embedding Digital Communications Within Collective Action Networks
In this article, we conceive of digital media as embedded within social networks, and use this perspective to examine the role of online communications in collective action. We claim that the adoption of this perspective requires two shifts: first, rethinking the ontological separation between media and social networks of action that has, so far, characterized research in this domain; second, the adoption of flexible tools that enable us to accou…
Investigating Evolving Discourses On Human Rights in the Digital Age
This article investigates how human rights in the digital age can be considered as an overall frame accommodating fundamental rights and freedoms that relate to communication processes, and related challenges, in societies worldwide. The article brings together different disciplinary backgrounds (communication studies, linguistics and sociology of networks) and complementary empirical analyses of the content, structure and relevance of evolving d…
Close ever, distant never? Integrating protest event and social network approaches into the transformation of the Hungarian far right
In this article, we extend our understanding of fringe politics to include relational and thematic elements, namely, the relationship of far-right collective actors with their broader network and the claims made within it. Locating our analysis at the intersection of protest event and social network analysis, we focus on the far-right Movement for a Better Hungary (Jobbik) which, since late 2013, has committed to moderation. Analysing the protest…
Embedding Digital Communications Within Collective Action Networks
In this article, we conceive of digital media as embedded within social networks, and use this perspective to examine the role of online communications in collective action. We claim that the adoption of this perspective requires two shifts: first, rethinking the ontological separation between media and social networks of action that has, so far, characterized research in this domain; second, the adoption of flexible tools that enable us to accou…
The integrative power of online collective action networks beyond protest. Exploring social media use in the process of institutionalization
In this article, we aim at expanding the event-based and protest-centered perspective that is typically adopted to study the nexus between social media and movements. To this aim, we propose a network-based approach to explore the changing role that these tools play during the dynamic unfolding of movement processes and, more particularly, over the course of their institutionalization. In the first part, we read the added value of social media as…
Investigating Evolving Discourses On Human Rights in the Digital Age
This article investigates how human rights in the digital age can be considered as an overall frame accommodating fundamental rights and freedoms that relate to communication processes, and related challenges, in societies worldwide. The article brings together different disciplinary backgrounds (communication studies, linguistics and sociology of networks) and complementary empirical analyses of the content, structure and relevance of evolving d…
Designing anticipatory policies through the use of ICTs
This paper seeks to achieve a better understanding of how and under what conditions current digital communication technologies can become an asset to the design of effective policies. In order to do so, we bridge two strands of reflection that have hitherto developed quite independently – i.e. policy design studies and researches on the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to reform the public sector. We start from the assumpt…
Feminist alliances
Global governance and ICTs
In this article, we address transformations in global governance brought about by information and communication technologies (ICTs). Focusing on the specific domain of 'gender-oriented communication governance ', we investigate online interactions among different kinds of actors active in promoting gender equity in and through the media. By tracing and analysing online issue networks, we investigate which actors are capable of influencing the fra…
Researching Collective Action Through Networks
Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Nina Eggert, Elena Pavan; Researching Collective Action Through Networks: Taking Stock and Looking Forward. Mobilization: An International Quarterly 1 December 2014; 19 (4): 363–368. doi: https://doi.org/10.17813/maiq.19.4.5415176rj6wt3q…
Framing matters
Western-based LGBTQIA+ mobilisations have often been described as both internally fragmented and isolated from other social struggles. However, recent studies show that LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*, queer, intersex, asexual/aromantic and other) organisations have increasingly used social media to span organisational boundaries by networking with other groups and framing common concerns. This article addresses these concerns by examini…
We are family . The conflict between conservative movements and feminists
Between 29 and 31 March 2019, the city of Verona hosted the thirteenth World Congress of Families (WCF) – an international event aimed at celebrating the ‘natural family’ as well as discussing the manifold challenges created for it by the contemporary socio-political context. Far from being an occasion to develop scientific and critical reflections, the WCF used the natural family as a veil beneath which to propagate a radically conservative view…
Investigating Evolving Discourses On Human Rights in the Digital Age
This article investigates how human rights in the digital age can be considered as an overall frame accommodating fundamental rights and freedoms that relate to communication processes, and related challenges, in societies worldwide. The article brings together different disciplinary backgrounds (communication studies, linguistics and sociology of networks) and complementary empirical analyses of the content, structure and relevance of evolving d…
Social Networks and Politics
TakeBackTheTech and #WhatAreYouDoingAboutVAW. Reclaiming ICTs and Soliciting Stakeholders' Responsibility to End Violence Against Women
Since at least the mid-1970s, gender stereotyping and misrepresentation, together with women's marginalization and professional discrimination, have been recognized as major challenges to the actua
Researching Collective Action Through Networks
Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Nina Eggert, Elena Pavan; Researching Collective Action Through Networks: Taking Stock and Looking Forward. Mobilization: An International Quarterly 1 December 2014; 19 (4): 363–368. doi: https://doi.org/10.17813/maiq.19.4.5415176rj6wt3q…
Embedding Digital Communications Within Collective Action Networks
In this article, we conceive of digital media as embedded within social networks, and use this perspective to examine the role of online communications in collective action. We claim that the adoption of this perspective requires two shifts: first, rethinking the ontological separation between media and social networks of action that has, so far, characterized research in this domain; second, the adoption of flexible tools that enable us to accou…
Global governance and ICTs
In this article, we address transformations in global governance brought about by information and communication technologies (ICTs). Focusing on the specific domain of 'gender-oriented communication governance ', we investigate online interactions among different kinds of actors active in promoting gender equity in and through the media. By tracing and analysing online issue networks, we investigate which actors are capable of influencing the fra…
Solidarity in the European Union
Repertoires of knowledge practices
Purpose Starting from the assumption that knowledge becomes all the more important for movements in times of crisis, as old structures are challenged and new ones envisaged and proved feasible, the purpose of this paper is to suggest ways to expand the toolkit of social movement studies in order to empirically address knowledge practices as a meaningful part of contemporary progressive activism. Design/methodology/approach The authors start by ar…
The integrative power of online collective action networks beyond protest. Exploring social media use in the process of institutionalization
In this article, we aim at expanding the event-based and protest-centered perspective that is typically adopted to study the nexus between social media and movements. To this aim, we propose a network-based approach to explore the changing role that these tools play during the dynamic unfolding of movement processes and, more particularly, over the course of their institutionalization. In the first part, we read the added value of social media as…
Designing anticipatory policies through the use of ICTs
This paper seeks to achieve a better understanding of how and under what conditions current digital communication technologies can become an asset to the design of effective policies. In order to do so, we bridge two strands of reflection that have hitherto developed quite independently – i.e. policy design studies and researches on the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to reform the public sector. We start from the assumpt…
Digital Media and Knowledge Production Within Social Movements
In this article, we aim at contributing to ongoing discussions on the nexus between digital media and social movements. We investigate how activists problematize the inclusion of digital media within their courses of action and exploit these tools to produce and diffuse alternative knowledge on the issues on which they mobilize. We do so by studying Transition Italia (TI), the Italian hub of the transnational Transition movement struggling for re…
At the roots of media cultures. Social movements producing knowledge about media as discriminatory workspaces
In this article we aim to contribute to the study of social movement media cultures by paying specific attention to the practices through which collective actors build specific knowledge about media as workspaces. More precisely, we analyze how knowledge about media and tech companies as discriminatory workspaces is produced starting from the very lived experiences and situated understandings of women and LGBT workers. We investigate this set of …
We are family . The conflict between conservative movements and feminists
Between 29 and 31 March 2019, the city of Verona hosted the thirteenth World Congress of Families (WCF) – an international event aimed at celebrating the ‘natural family’ as well as discussing the manifold challenges created for it by the contemporary socio-political context. Far from being an occasion to develop scientific and critical reflections, the WCF used the natural family as a veil beneath which to propagate a radically conservative view…
The ties that fight. Il potere integrativo delle reti online femministe
With the pervasive spread of digital media, feminist struggles broaden to new spaces of contention where public discourse becomes central both as a territory and as an instrument of the fight. The strategic use of digital platforms expands the networks underpinning feminist initiatives and imbues them with cultural and symbolic resources which, in turn, contribute to protest organization but also to challenge and redefine the narratives that inne…
Feminist alliances
Close ever, distant never? Integrating protest event and social network approaches into the transformation of the Hungarian far right
In this article, we extend our understanding of fringe politics to include relational and thematic elements, namely, the relationship of far-right collective actors with their broader network and the claims made within it. Locating our analysis at the intersection of protest event and social network analysis, we focus on the far-right Movement for a Better Hungary (Jobbik) which, since late 2013, has committed to moderation. Analysing the protest…
Battles Over Issues” in Networked Publics
In this article we explore the discursive mobilization of movement frames within networked publics—a form of unorganized digital activism through which movement organizations, activists, and citizens politicize ordinary conversations by engaging in adversarial meaning-making dynamics online. Leaning on large-scale semantic network analysis and content analysis, we investigate the mobilization of the frame of antifascism within the conversation th…
“We hate her . . . and you too”
This article proposes a joint application of online network analysis and NLP techniques to explore dynamics of “polarized intersectionality”—that is, how (mis)representations of women that develop online and at the intersection of different axes of discrimination entwine with ideological and affective polarization. We look in particular at whether and how digital (mis)representations change together with political scenarios in which political par…
Varieties of antigenderism
This research contributes to the study of populist radical right parties’ (PRRPs) role in gendered democratic backsliding by analyzing their articulation and symbolic representation of gender issues. We compare the politicization of gender issues across three European PRRPs, examining how context-specific gendered opportunity structures – the level of contestation of gender issues in their country, the resonance of antigenderism among their elect…
Framing matters
Western-based LGBTQIA+ mobilisations have often been described as both internally fragmented and isolated from other social struggles. However, recent studies show that LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*, queer, intersex, asexual/aromantic and other) organisations have increasingly used social media to span organisational boundaries by networking with other groups and framing common concerns. This article addresses these concerns by examini…
Taking research on social change one step further and into the digital
Political science (20 works) · Sociology (19 works) · Law (15 works) · Politics (15 works) · Computer Science (11 works) · Law (10 works) · Social Media and Politics (10 works) · Public relations (9 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Collective action (5 works)