Andrea Miconi
Biographic Data
| ID | 292131 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrea Miconi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrea |
| FAMILY NAME | Miconi |
| SIGNATURE | MICONI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | IULM University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1960-6243 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Gendered constructions of migration in Europe: An intersectional analysis of inclusionary and exclusionary discourses on social media platforms
This article explores intersectional discourses of migration and gender in the social media environments of three different European countries – Belgium, Greece, and Italy. For the analysis, we retrieved a dataset of 1000 posts per country about migration from Facebook and Twitter (now X) and we selected posts with a gender dimension. The article shows how the discursive struggle over migration and gender takes shape across inclusionary and exclu…
European narratives on social media platforms: The Italian case during the Covid-19 pandemic
We present the findings of a quali-quantitative study of public opinion concerning Europeanization on social media platforms in Italy during the Covid-19 pandemics. The study aims to investigate which narratives about Europe are published on Italian digital platform. The research is based on a content and discourse analysis of the 720 most impactful posts published by different actors on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter, between September and Novem…
On Digital Fetishism: A Critique of the Big Data Paradigm
The article takes into exam the current literature about Big Data and data capitalism, from the perspective of the critical Internet theory. Particular attention will be placed to the ideas of data exploitation and raw data, which will prove to betray a form of digital fetishism: in short, the focus on the final results of the production process, rather than on the social relations by which the very same process is fueled
Bridging the Discursive and Material Dimensions of Europeanity and Europeanisation: A Participatory Semantic Map Approach
The article aims to capture the significatory diversity of the concepts of Europeanity and Europeanisation, through the development of a semantic map in order to visualize the different concepts that define Europeanity and Europeanisation, and their interconnections. Embedded in the field of Communication and Media Studies, this semantic map combines 19 different approaches, structured through one main dimension, the discursive versus the materia…
The Network and the Society: Structure and Agency in Castells' Theory
The aim of the article is to explore the theoretical tension between structure and agency as laid out by Manuel Castells, from The Rise of the Network Society (1996) to Networks of Outrage and Hope (2012). With agency and structure recognized as the two main axes around which general social theory rotates, Castells' work appears to be affected by discontinuity rather than continuity. The first part of his theory mainly deals with structure and wi…
Dopo il confine. Un'indagine qualitativa sull'uso dei social nella diaspora siriana
Italian Graffiti. A quantitative study of Hollywood distribution in Italy (1930–1996)
The goal of this article is to analyse the distribution of American movies in Italy in the central part of the twentieth century (1930–1996), using methods derived from both social sciences and quantitative history. For this goal, I will apply Pierre Bourdieu’s ‘serial history’ to the Italian local market, also following Franco Moretti’s quantitative work on literary industries, so as to detect some historical patterns
News from the Levant: A Qualitative Research on the Role of Social Media in Syrian Diaspora
The Syrian emergency, with around 6.7 million people leaving the country, is considered the biggest refugee crisis since the end of World War II. The impact of social media on both the representation of the crisis and immigrants' behavior has been already analyzed in several works. In this context, the article contains the results of qualitative research on the use of social media by Syrian immigrants and refugees after the civil war and in the d…
Italy’s “Five Stars” movement and the role of a leader: Or, how charismatic power can resurface through the web
By focusing on the case of the Italian political movement “Five Stars”, founded in 2009 by former comedian Beppe Grillo, this article will analyze the resurfacing of a particular kind of power – charismatic authority – through a platform such as Web 2.0 that was expected to promote more rational consensus strategies. Although the political action of the Five Stars movement pretends to be inspired by a participative culture, it is in fact directly…
Italy’s “Five Stars” movement and the role of a leader: Or, how charismatic power can resurface through the web
By focusing on the case of the Italian political movement “Five Stars”, founded in 2009 by former comedian Beppe Grillo, this article will analyze the resurfacing of a particular kind of power – charismatic authority – through a platform such as Web 2.0 that was expected to promote more rational consensus strategies. Although the political action of the Five Stars movement pretends to be inspired by a participative culture, it is in fact directly…
On Digital Fetishism: A Critique of the Big Data Paradigm
The article takes into exam the current literature about Big Data and data capitalism, from the perspective of the critical Internet theory. Particular attention will be placed to the ideas of data exploitation and raw data, which will prove to betray a form of digital fetishism: in short, the focus on the final results of the production process, rather than on the social relations by which the very same process is fueled
The Network and the Society: Structure and Agency in Castells' Theory
The aim of the article is to explore the theoretical tension between structure and agency as laid out by Manuel Castells, from The Rise of the Network Society (1996) to Networks of Outrage and Hope (2012). With agency and structure recognized as the two main axes around which general social theory rotates, Castells' work appears to be affected by discontinuity rather than continuity. The first part of his theory mainly deals with structure and wi…
Italy’s “Five Stars” movement and the role of a leader: Or, how charismatic power can resurface through the web
By focusing on the case of the Italian political movement “Five Stars”, founded in 2009 by former comedian Beppe Grillo, this article will analyze the resurfacing of a particular kind of power – charismatic authority – through a platform such as Web 2.0 that was expected to promote more rational consensus strategies. Although the political action of the Five Stars movement pretends to be inspired by a participative culture, it is in fact directly…
Dopo il confine. Un'indagine qualitativa sull'uso dei social nella diaspora siriana
Italian Graffiti. A quantitative study of Hollywood distribution in Italy (1930–1996)
The goal of this article is to analyse the distribution of American movies in Italy in the central part of the twentieth century (1930–1996), using methods derived from both social sciences and quantitative history. For this goal, I will apply Pierre Bourdieu’s ‘serial history’ to the Italian local market, also following Franco Moretti’s quantitative work on literary industries, so as to detect some historical patterns
News from the Levant: A Qualitative Research on the Role of Social Media in Syrian Diaspora
The Syrian emergency, with around 6.7 million people leaving the country, is considered the biggest refugee crisis since the end of World War II. The impact of social media on both the representation of the crisis and immigrants' behavior has been already analyzed in several works. In this context, the article contains the results of qualitative research on the use of social media by Syrian immigrants and refugees after the civil war and in the d…
Bridging the Discursive and Material Dimensions of Europeanity and Europeanisation: A Participatory Semantic Map Approach
The article aims to capture the significatory diversity of the concepts of Europeanity and Europeanisation, through the development of a semantic map in order to visualize the different concepts that define Europeanity and Europeanisation, and their interconnections. Embedded in the field of Communication and Media Studies, this semantic map combines 19 different approaches, structured through one main dimension, the discursive versus the materia…
The Network and the Society: Structure and Agency in Castells' Theory
The aim of the article is to explore the theoretical tension between structure and agency as laid out by Manuel Castells, from The Rise of the Network Society (1996) to Networks of Outrage and Hope (2012). With agency and structure recognized as the two main axes around which general social theory rotates, Castells' work appears to be affected by discontinuity rather than continuity. The first part of his theory mainly deals with structure and wi…
European narratives on social media platforms: The Italian case during the Covid-19 pandemic
We present the findings of a quali-quantitative study of public opinion concerning Europeanization on social media platforms in Italy during the Covid-19 pandemics. The study aims to investigate which narratives about Europe are published on Italian digital platform. The research is based on a content and discourse analysis of the 720 most impactful posts published by different actors on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter, between September and Novem…
On Digital Fetishism: A Critique of the Big Data Paradigm
The article takes into exam the current literature about Big Data and data capitalism, from the perspective of the critical Internet theory. Particular attention will be placed to the ideas of data exploitation and raw data, which will prove to betray a form of digital fetishism: in short, the focus on the final results of the production process, rather than on the social relations by which the very same process is fueled
Gendered constructions of migration in Europe: An intersectional analysis of inclusionary and exclusionary discourses on social media platforms
This article explores intersectional discourses of migration and gender in the social media environments of three different European countries – Belgium, Greece, and Italy. For the analysis, we retrieved a dataset of 1000 posts per country about migration from Facebook and Twitter (now X) and we selected posts with a gender dimension. The article shows how the discursive struggle over migration and gender takes shape across inclusionary and exclu…
Sociology (8 works) · Political science (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Social media (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · History (3 works) · Media studies (3 works)