Stefania Manca
Biographic Data
| ID | 3065703 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stefania Manca |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stefania |
| FAMILY NAME | Manca |
| SIGNATURE | MANCA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Research Council |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0348-7139 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Bottom-up civic diplomacy in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Digital storytelling by non-state actors
This article examines how non-state digital actors enact bottom-up civic diplomacy in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict through short-form social media storytelling. Drawing on a qualitative analysis of 106 top-performing Instagram and TikTok videos produced by Builders of the Middle East between October 2023 and April 2025, the study investigates how mediation, recognition, and non-violent internal critique are organised within platformed conflic…
Understanding the challenges of segmenting Holocaust history and remembrance on museums’ social media pages
While Holocaust museums have embraced social media to connect with online audiences and provide educational materials, the specifics of their use are not well understood. A Delphi study involving 22 experts developed a framework for examining Holocaust-related social media content. This framework, the result of a three-round iterative process, includes three main areas: Historical content of the Holocaust, Contemporary issues related to the Holoc…
Participating in professional development programmes or learning in the wild? Understanding the learning ecologies of Holocaust educators
Holocaust education, which refers to the teaching and learning of the Holocaust—the systematic genocide of six million Jews by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during World War II—is an essential component of history and social studies education in many countries. Its primary aim is to raise awareness of the Holocaust, promote understanding of its historical significance and develop critical thinking and empathy in students. However, despite th…
Could we possibly see your tattoo? If not that’s totally fine!’ Holocaust survivors’ playful activism on TikTok
Over the past few years, digitalisation has led to the development of new forms of Holocaust memory, with advances in digital technology reshaping and introducing alternative ways of remembering, understanding and representing the Holocaust. The purpose of this study is to examine how three Holocaust survivors – Lily Ebert (100), Gidon Lev (88) and Tova Friedman (85) – share their firsthand experiences on TikTok by segmenting traumatic memories u…
An examination of learning ecologies associated with the Holocaust: The role of social media
Social Media as Lieux for the Convergence of Collective Trajectories of Holocaust Memory—A Study of Online Users in Germany and Italy
By articulating a shared victimhood or guilt or responsibility, memorial museums are designed as ethical projects that encourage visitors to learn from the past to build a “better future”. In contemporary Europe, Holocaust memorials and museums constitute a trajectory of remembrance about public Holocaust memory that consolidates political legitimacy and articulates national narratives of the legacy of WWII. In parallel, increasing adoption and s…
Exploring tensions in Holocaust museums’ modes of commemoration and interaction on social media
Digital Holocaust memory on social media: How Italian Holocaust museums and memorials use digital ecosystems for educational and remembrance practice
This study takes a social-technical systems approach to investigate how national and transnational memory of the Holocaust are intertwined on the social media profiles of a set of Italian museums and memorials. We examine how Italy's four most important Holocaust museums and memorials use social media as ecosystems to provide historical content and engage their audiences in digital remembrance about the Holocaust on four social media platforms: F…
“Think globally, act locally”: A glocal approach to the development of social media literacy
Adapting educational practices in emergency remote education: Continuity and change from a student perspective
In this study, we adopt an ecological perspective to reflect on how a specific Italian school cluster adapted to the challenges of the COVID‐19 pandemic by focusing on how students experienced the interplay between continuity and change in school teaching and learning practices caused by the pandemic. Specifically, the study investigates how the school's physical/virtual learning system was (re)configured to provide new opportunities for learning…
Bridging cultural studies and learning science: An investigation of social media use for Holocaust memory and education in the digital age
Scholarly research has produced an astonishing number of studies that investigate social media use in many disciplinary sectors (McCrory et al., 2020; Wilson et al., 2012). According to a recent ar
Snapping, pinning, liking or texting: Investigating social media in higher education beyond Facebook
Curriculum and instruction: Pedagogical approaches to teaching and learning with Twitter in higher education
Purpose While the ubiquity of social media as a mode of communication, collaboration, connection and creativity has been widely adopted in journalism, entertainment, healthcare and others, the field of education has been more reticent to integrate social media for teaching and learning purposes. This paper aims to summarize research on how social media may support educational aims with specific reference to large classrooms. In addition, the auth…
Facebook and the others. Potentials and obstacles of Social Media for teaching in higher education
Bridging cultural studies and learning science: An investigation of social media use for Holocaust memory and education in the digital age
Scholarly research has produced an astonishing number of studies that investigate social media use in many disciplinary sectors (McCrory et al., 2020; Wilson et al., 2012). According to a recent ar
Digital Holocaust memory on social media: How Italian Holocaust museums and memorials use digital ecosystems for educational and remembrance practice
This study takes a social-technical systems approach to investigate how national and transnational memory of the Holocaust are intertwined on the social media profiles of a set of Italian museums and memorials. We examine how Italy's four most important Holocaust museums and memorials use social media as ecosystems to provide historical content and engage their audiences in digital remembrance about the Holocaust on four social media platforms: F…
Could we possibly see your tattoo? If not that’s totally fine!’ Holocaust survivors’ playful activism on TikTok
Over the past few years, digitalisation has led to the development of new forms of Holocaust memory, with advances in digital technology reshaping and introducing alternative ways of remembering, understanding and representing the Holocaust. The purpose of this study is to examine how three Holocaust survivors – Lily Ebert (100), Gidon Lev (88) and Tova Friedman (85) – share their firsthand experiences on TikTok by segmenting traumatic memories u…
Exploring tensions in Holocaust museums’ modes of commemoration and interaction on social media
Curriculum and instruction: Pedagogical approaches to teaching and learning with Twitter in higher education
Purpose While the ubiquity of social media as a mode of communication, collaboration, connection and creativity has been widely adopted in journalism, entertainment, healthcare and others, the field of education has been more reticent to integrate social media for teaching and learning purposes. This paper aims to summarize research on how social media may support educational aims with specific reference to large classrooms. In addition, the auth…
Participating in professional development programmes or learning in the wild? Understanding the learning ecologies of Holocaust educators
Holocaust education, which refers to the teaching and learning of the Holocaust—the systematic genocide of six million Jews by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during World War II—is an essential component of history and social studies education in many countries. Its primary aim is to raise awareness of the Holocaust, promote understanding of its historical significance and develop critical thinking and empathy in students. However, despite th…
Facebook and the others. Potentials and obstacles of Social Media for teaching in higher education
Curriculum and instruction: Pedagogical approaches to teaching and learning with Twitter in higher education
Purpose While the ubiquity of social media as a mode of communication, collaboration, connection and creativity has been widely adopted in journalism, entertainment, healthcare and others, the field of education has been more reticent to integrate social media for teaching and learning purposes. This paper aims to summarize research on how social media may support educational aims with specific reference to large classrooms. In addition, the auth…
Snapping, pinning, liking or texting: Investigating social media in higher education beyond Facebook
“Think globally, act locally”: A glocal approach to the development of social media literacy
Adapting educational practices in emergency remote education: Continuity and change from a student perspective
In this study, we adopt an ecological perspective to reflect on how a specific Italian school cluster adapted to the challenges of the COVID‐19 pandemic by focusing on how students experienced the interplay between continuity and change in school teaching and learning practices caused by the pandemic. Specifically, the study investigates how the school's physical/virtual learning system was (re)configured to provide new opportunities for learning…
Bridging cultural studies and learning science: An investigation of social media use for Holocaust memory and education in the digital age
Scholarly research has produced an astonishing number of studies that investigate social media use in many disciplinary sectors (McCrory et al., 2020; Wilson et al., 2012). According to a recent ar
Exploring tensions in Holocaust museums’ modes of commemoration and interaction on social media
Digital Holocaust memory on social media: How Italian Holocaust museums and memorials use digital ecosystems for educational and remembrance practice
This study takes a social-technical systems approach to investigate how national and transnational memory of the Holocaust are intertwined on the social media profiles of a set of Italian museums and memorials. We examine how Italy's four most important Holocaust museums and memorials use social media as ecosystems to provide historical content and engage their audiences in digital remembrance about the Holocaust on four social media platforms: F…
An examination of learning ecologies associated with the Holocaust: The role of social media
Social Media as Lieux for the Convergence of Collective Trajectories of Holocaust Memory—A Study of Online Users in Germany and Italy
By articulating a shared victimhood or guilt or responsibility, memorial museums are designed as ethical projects that encourage visitors to learn from the past to build a “better future”. In contemporary Europe, Holocaust memorials and museums constitute a trajectory of remembrance about public Holocaust memory that consolidates political legitimacy and articulates national narratives of the legacy of WWII. In parallel, increasing adoption and s…
Understanding the challenges of segmenting Holocaust history and remembrance on museums’ social media pages
While Holocaust museums have embraced social media to connect with online audiences and provide educational materials, the specifics of their use are not well understood. A Delphi study involving 22 experts developed a framework for examining Holocaust-related social media content. This framework, the result of a three-round iterative process, includes three main areas: Historical content of the Holocaust, Contemporary issues related to the Holoc…
Participating in professional development programmes or learning in the wild? Understanding the learning ecologies of Holocaust educators
Holocaust education, which refers to the teaching and learning of the Holocaust—the systematic genocide of six million Jews by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during World War II—is an essential component of history and social studies education in many countries. Its primary aim is to raise awareness of the Holocaust, promote understanding of its historical significance and develop critical thinking and empathy in students. However, despite th…
Could we possibly see your tattoo? If not that’s totally fine!’ Holocaust survivors’ playful activism on TikTok
Over the past few years, digitalisation has led to the development of new forms of Holocaust memory, with advances in digital technology reshaping and introducing alternative ways of remembering, understanding and representing the Holocaust. The purpose of this study is to examine how three Holocaust survivors – Lily Ebert (100), Gidon Lev (88) and Tova Friedman (85) – share their firsthand experiences on TikTok by segmenting traumatic memories u…
Bottom-up civic diplomacy in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Digital storytelling by non-state actors
This article examines how non-state digital actors enact bottom-up civic diplomacy in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict through short-form social media storytelling. Drawing on a qualitative analysis of 106 top-performing Instagram and TikTok videos produced by Builders of the Middle East between October 2023 and April 2025, the study investigates how mediation, recognition, and non-violent internal critique are organised within platformed conflic…
Sociology (13 works) · Political science (12 works) · Psychology (11 works) · Social media (11 works) · Computer Science (8 works) · The Holocaust (8 works) · Pedagogy (7 works) · World Wide Web (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Media studies (5 works)