Melissa Gallina
Biographic Data
| ID | 321940 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melissa Gallina |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melissa |
| FAMILY NAME | Gallina |
| SIGNATURE | GALLINA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Waseda University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1004-6881 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The foreshadowing votes: The Italian European elections in 2024
Les résultats des élections européennes sont influencés par des facteurs structurels tels que le calendrier électoral, le système de vote et la conjoncture économique. L’Italie ne fait pas exception. Son système électoral limite l’émergence de nouveaux partis, mais les élections européennes peuvent transformer les dynamiques partisanes. Depuis 2013, le système est tripartite grâce à l’essor du Mouvement 5 étoiles (M5S), « ni de gauche ni de droit…
Counter-Resistant Digital Communities: The Impact of Truth Social in a Fragmented Society
In today’s digital landscape, social media platforms serve as central spaces for political communication and community building. However, the growing fragmentation of information has fostered ideological polarization and the emergence of closed environments, such as Truth Social, launched by Donald Trump following his exclusion from traditional channels. Focusing on the U.S. case, this study examines how Truth Social functions as a refuge for gro…
The Boundary Between Natural and Artificial: Challenges of Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies
The rapid development of neuroscience and emerging technologies is opening new horizons where the distinction between the natural and the artificial becomes increasingly blurred. In this context, projects like Neuralink raise fundamental questions about our identity, human consciousness, and the potential social transformations. The idea of a direct interface between the human brain and technological devices not only opens extraordinary possibili…
The determinants of Trump's defeat in 2020: What if the Covid-19 pandemic did not matter
While the COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted the lives of many people worldwide, it is debated whether it led to the defeat of incumbent Donald Trump in the 2020 American presidential election. We argue that the COVID-19 pandemic had a significantly negative impact on Trump’s support due to his conflicting and populist rhetoric, which culminated in contradictory behavior at a time when Americans sought a consistent leader to “rally round th…
Solving the (False) Dilemma: An Ecological Approach to the Study of Opinion Constraint
Since Converse’s paper, opinion constraint has been defined as the degree to which voters hold ideologically consistent opinions across different issues. Yet, scholars have found that opinions departing from the liberal/conservative categories constitute alternative ways of organizing political preferences. This suggests a methodological dilemma: how can we assess the consistency of opinions based on empirical, rather than theoretically predefine…
Mass issue attitudes, political sophistication and ideology: The European case
The Concept of Political Sophistication: Labeling the Unlabeled
The concept of political sophistication, first introduced almost 60 years ago, is still widely discussed in political studies. However, due to the discrepancies in definitions, indicators, and findings, it is often difficult to discern how various approaches have contributed to the broader literature. Thus, to propose an intellectual order, this article uses a simple classification to understand these studies: the distinction between sophisticati…
The electoral behaviour of voters with migration backgrounds and natives at the 2015 and 2019 Swiss National Elections. Two completely different stories
There is emerging understanding in the literature that voters who have a migration background across Western countries tend to vote for left leaning parties. Yet little is known about whether this implies different drivers of vote choice for citizens with migration background in comparison to natives. This article intends to respond to this question by studying the impact of specific policy issue considerations on the vote of citizens with both m…
Twitter as a mirror of political space(s): An analysis of multi-level party competition in Italy
The literature on the nationalization of party systems has found that decentralization of authority leads to increasing territorial heterogeneity of voting behaviour. In this article, we intend to further extant knowledge on this topic by exploring whether different levels of government imply distinct representations of party competition at the citizens’ level. We do so by analysing Twitter data collected during the 2015 regional elections in fiv…
From a green high tide to government participation: The successes of Ecolo and GROEN in the 2019 Belgian elections
On 26 May 2019, over 7 million voters went to the booths to elect 21 Members of the European Parliament, 150 Members of the Belgian (federal) Chamber of Representatives, 124 Members of the Flemish Parliament, 75 Members of the Walloon Parliament, 89Members of the Parliament of the Region of Brussels-Capital and 25 Members of the Parliament of the German-speaking Community. Of the total 484 MPs directly elected, 72 were from a green party, compare…
Sense of belonging to local community in small-to-medium sized Canadian urban areas: A comparison of immigrant and Canadian-born residents
The paper concludes by offering several public health recommendations on how belonging can be enhanced among recent immigrants in smaller Canadian cities; these include improved coordination of services in order to contribute to a less overwhelming settlement process for immigrants
Immigrants' perceptions of quality of life in three second‐ or third‐tier Canadian cities
Key Messages The majority of immigrants in Canada live in the country's largest cities; however, many immigrants are choosing to reside in smaller centres, suggesting the need for further research regarding the immigrant experience in second‐ and third‐tier Canadian cities. This study found that immigrants have lower perceptions of quality of life than Canadian‐born individuals, a finding that echoes research in first‐tier cities. Issues of emplo…
Variations in Sense of Place Across Immigrant Status and Gender in Hamilton, Ontario; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; and, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Immigrants' perceptions of quality of life in three second‐ or third‐tier Canadian cities
Key Messages The majority of immigrants in Canada live in the country's largest cities; however, many immigrants are choosing to reside in smaller centres, suggesting the need for further research regarding the immigrant experience in second‐ and third‐tier Canadian cities. This study found that immigrants have lower perceptions of quality of life than Canadian‐born individuals, a finding that echoes research in first‐tier cities. Issues of emplo…
Mass issue attitudes, political sophistication and ideology: The European case
The Concept of Political Sophistication: Labeling the Unlabeled
The concept of political sophistication, first introduced almost 60 years ago, is still widely discussed in political studies. However, due to the discrepancies in definitions, indicators, and findings, it is often difficult to discern how various approaches have contributed to the broader literature. Thus, to propose an intellectual order, this article uses a simple classification to understand these studies: the distinction between sophisticati…
From a green high tide to government participation: The successes of Ecolo and GROEN in the 2019 Belgian elections
On 26 May 2019, over 7 million voters went to the booths to elect 21 Members of the European Parliament, 150 Members of the Belgian (federal) Chamber of Representatives, 124 Members of the Flemish Parliament, 75 Members of the Walloon Parliament, 89Members of the Parliament of the Region of Brussels-Capital and 25 Members of the Parliament of the German-speaking Community. Of the total 484 MPs directly elected, 72 were from a green party, compare…
Variations in Sense of Place Across Immigrant Status and Gender in Hamilton, Ontario; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; and, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Solving the (False) Dilemma: An Ecological Approach to the Study of Opinion Constraint
Since Converse’s paper, opinion constraint has been defined as the degree to which voters hold ideologically consistent opinions across different issues. Yet, scholars have found that opinions departing from the liberal/conservative categories constitute alternative ways of organizing political preferences. This suggests a methodological dilemma: how can we assess the consistency of opinions based on empirical, rather than theoretically predefine…
The electoral behaviour of voters with migration backgrounds and natives at the 2015 and 2019 Swiss National Elections. Two completely different stories
There is emerging understanding in the literature that voters who have a migration background across Western countries tend to vote for left leaning parties. Yet little is known about whether this implies different drivers of vote choice for citizens with migration background in comparison to natives. This article intends to respond to this question by studying the impact of specific policy issue considerations on the vote of citizens with both m…
The determinants of Trump's defeat in 2020: What if the Covid-19 pandemic did not matter
While the COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted the lives of many people worldwide, it is debated whether it led to the defeat of incumbent Donald Trump in the 2020 American presidential election. We argue that the COVID-19 pandemic had a significantly negative impact on Trump’s support due to his conflicting and populist rhetoric, which culminated in contradictory behavior at a time when Americans sought a consistent leader to “rally round th…
Twitter as a mirror of political space(s): An analysis of multi-level party competition in Italy
The literature on the nationalization of party systems has found that decentralization of authority leads to increasing territorial heterogeneity of voting behaviour. In this article, we intend to further extant knowledge on this topic by exploring whether different levels of government imply distinct representations of party competition at the citizens’ level. We do so by analysing Twitter data collected during the 2015 regional elections in fiv…
Variations in Sense of Place Across Immigrant Status and Gender in Hamilton, Ontario; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; and, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Sense of belonging to local community in small-to-medium sized Canadian urban areas: A comparison of immigrant and Canadian-born residents
The paper concludes by offering several public health recommendations on how belonging can be enhanced among recent immigrants in smaller Canadian cities; these include improved coordination of services in order to contribute to a less overwhelming settlement process for immigrants
Immigrants' perceptions of quality of life in three second‐ or third‐tier Canadian cities
Key Messages The majority of immigrants in Canada live in the country's largest cities; however, many immigrants are choosing to reside in smaller centres, suggesting the need for further research regarding the immigrant experience in second‐ and third‐tier Canadian cities. This study found that immigrants have lower perceptions of quality of life than Canadian‐born individuals, a finding that echoes research in first‐tier cities. Issues of emplo…
From a green high tide to government participation: The successes of Ecolo and GROEN in the 2019 Belgian elections
On 26 May 2019, over 7 million voters went to the booths to elect 21 Members of the European Parliament, 150 Members of the Belgian (federal) Chamber of Representatives, 124 Members of the Flemish Parliament, 75 Members of the Walloon Parliament, 89Members of the Parliament of the Region of Brussels-Capital and 25 Members of the Parliament of the German-speaking Community. Of the total 484 MPs directly elected, 72 were from a green party, compare…
Twitter as a mirror of political space(s): An analysis of multi-level party competition in Italy
The literature on the nationalization of party systems has found that decentralization of authority leads to increasing territorial heterogeneity of voting behaviour. In this article, we intend to further extant knowledge on this topic by exploring whether different levels of government imply distinct representations of party competition at the citizens’ level. We do so by analysing Twitter data collected during the 2015 regional elections in fiv…
The electoral behaviour of voters with migration backgrounds and natives at the 2015 and 2019 Swiss National Elections. Two completely different stories
There is emerging understanding in the literature that voters who have a migration background across Western countries tend to vote for left leaning parties. Yet little is known about whether this implies different drivers of vote choice for citizens with migration background in comparison to natives. This article intends to respond to this question by studying the impact of specific policy issue considerations on the vote of citizens with both m…
Mass issue attitudes, political sophistication and ideology: The European case
The Concept of Political Sophistication: Labeling the Unlabeled
The concept of political sophistication, first introduced almost 60 years ago, is still widely discussed in political studies. However, due to the discrepancies in definitions, indicators, and findings, it is often difficult to discern how various approaches have contributed to the broader literature. Thus, to propose an intellectual order, this article uses a simple classification to understand these studies: the distinction between sophisticati…
The determinants of Trump's defeat in 2020: What if the Covid-19 pandemic did not matter
While the COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted the lives of many people worldwide, it is debated whether it led to the defeat of incumbent Donald Trump in the 2020 American presidential election. We argue that the COVID-19 pandemic had a significantly negative impact on Trump’s support due to his conflicting and populist rhetoric, which culminated in contradictory behavior at a time when Americans sought a consistent leader to “rally round th…
Solving the (False) Dilemma: An Ecological Approach to the Study of Opinion Constraint
Since Converse’s paper, opinion constraint has been defined as the degree to which voters hold ideologically consistent opinions across different issues. Yet, scholars have found that opinions departing from the liberal/conservative categories constitute alternative ways of organizing political preferences. This suggests a methodological dilemma: how can we assess the consistency of opinions based on empirical, rather than theoretically predefine…
Counter-Resistant Digital Communities: The Impact of Truth Social in a Fragmented Society
In today’s digital landscape, social media platforms serve as central spaces for political communication and community building. However, the growing fragmentation of information has fostered ideological polarization and the emergence of closed environments, such as Truth Social, launched by Donald Trump following his exclusion from traditional channels. Focusing on the U.S. case, this study examines how Truth Social functions as a refuge for gro…
The Boundary Between Natural and Artificial: Challenges of Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies
The rapid development of neuroscience and emerging technologies is opening new horizons where the distinction between the natural and the artificial becomes increasingly blurred. In this context, projects like Neuralink raise fundamental questions about our identity, human consciousness, and the potential social transformations. The idea of a direct interface between the human brain and technological devices not only opens extraordinary possibili…
The foreshadowing votes: The Italian European elections in 2024
Les résultats des élections européennes sont influencés par des facteurs structurels tels que le calendrier électoral, le système de vote et la conjoncture économique. L’Italie ne fait pas exception. Son système électoral limite l’émergence de nouveaux partis, mais les élections européennes peuvent transformer les dynamiques partisanes. Depuis 2013, le système est tripartite grâce à l’essor du Mouvement 5 étoiles (M5S), « ni de gauche ni de droit…
Politics (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Populism, Right-Wing Movements (7 works) · Geography (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works)