Francesca Bolla Tripodi
Biographic Data
| ID | 354640 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Francesca Bolla Tripodi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Francesca Bolla |
| FAMILY NAME | Tripodi |
| SIGNATURE | TRIPODI F B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0859-6377 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Refractive datasets as a sensemaking methodology in closed data ecosystems
As digital platforms restrict their APIs, researchers face diminishing options for studying social phenomena in digital environments. During what has been called the post-API era, researchers have found themselves looking for reliable data sources in an unreliable and frequently changing platform data ecosystem. In this context, we propose analyzing refractive datasets as a methodology for researchers to understand the dynamics of closed data pla…
The “Reality” of Living Off the Land
The reality television show Swamp People (2010–present) claims to capture Cajun cultural identity. Through participant observation, in-depth interviews, and content analysis based on understandings of television as a site where identity formations are formed and negotiated, we explore how Swamp People ’s depiction of Cajun culture is interpreted by the community it depicts. Our findings suggest that Swamp People serves as a cultural authority for…
‘Do your own research
Affordances are the perception of what a technical artifact can do. They bridge a technically-determinist perspective with social constructivist theory, acknowledging the material aspects of technology while allowing for user agency. Yet most affordance theory separates out the engagement process into producers and consumers. On one hand, this lens is essential because it considers how an end user interprets, engages, and utilizes technology thro…
Infrastructures of Manipulation
This panel presents research on web and information infrastructures used for manipulative purposes. In contrast to platform manipulation (Woolley & Howard, 2018; Benkler et al., 2018), where users such as bad actors seek to gamify and exploit the weaknesses of online social media platforms like Twitter and TikTok, the papers in the present panel describe studies where web or information infrastructures such as those involved in search and informa…
"Too Soon" to count? How gender and race cloud notability considerations on Wikipedia
While research has explored the extent of gender bias and the barriers to women's inclusion on English-language Wikipedia, very little research has focused on the problem of racial bias within the encyclopedia. Despite advocacy groups' efforts to incrementally improve representation on Wikipedia, much is unknown regarding how biographies are assessed after creation. Applying a combination of web-scraping, deep learning, natural language processin…
Abortion Near Me? The Implications of Semantic Media on Accessing Health Information
Despite the important role search engines play in finding health information, little systematic research has looked at the ways in which semantic media complicate this process. An investigation of information seekers from four counties with varying political associations in the state of North Carolina details how 42 people searched for information about abortion. We find that participant ability to find accurate information is primarily driven by…
The Propagandists' Playbook
The Propagandists' Playbook
This book peels back the layers of the right-wing media manipulation machine to reveal why its strategies are so effective and pervasive, while also humanizing the people whose worldviews and media practices conservatism embodies. Based on interviews and ethnographic observations of two Republican groups over the course of the 2017 Virginia gubernatorial race—including the author's firsthand experience of the 2017 Unite the Right rally—the book c…
You’ve got mail
Legislative communication frames how constituents perceive politicians’ successes. However, most research on legislative communication focuses on Congressional or Senatorial email correspondence, without considering the importance of presidential emails or the way politicians frame their failures. Existing work on legislative communication also tends to analyze the documents in isolation, leaving open the opportunity to analyze the networked effe…
Propagandists' Playbook
Declarations of Interdependence
The primary goals of media literacy are laudable: active and critical thinking about the messages we receive and the messages we create. In practice, media literacy standardizes limited ways of knowing and normalizes built-in biases. Subsequently, its narrow emphasis on skill development, particularly the role of fact-checking, content creation, and independent research are all practices that can be exploited, oftentimes leading to the amplificat…
Ms. Categorized
Gender is one of the most pervasive and insidious forms of inequality. For example, English-language Wikipedia contains more than 1.5 million biographies about notable writers, inventors, and academics, but less than 19% of these biographies are about women. To try and improve these statistics, activists host “edit-a-thons” to increase the visibility of notable women. While this strategy helps create several biographies previously inexistent, it …
New Media and Society
Radicalism, authoritarianism, and the role of new media
Fifty shades of consent
Fifty Shades of Grey—often classified as “mommy porn”—is far from a joke when considering its widespread cultural appeal. The trilogy populated the New York Times bestseller list for months and also influenced the sexual entertainment industry. Given its prominence, scholars have sought to understand audiences’ connection to the series, finding that Fifty Shades fans are using the narrative to navigate the post-feminist realities of hook-up cultu…
Ms. Categorized
Gender is one of the most pervasive and insidious forms of inequality. For example, English-language Wikipedia contains more than 1.5 million biographies about notable writers, inventors, and academics, but less than 19% of these biographies are about women. To try and improve these statistics, activists host “edit-a-thons” to increase the visibility of notable women. While this strategy helps create several biographies previously inexistent, it …
Fifty shades of consent
Fifty Shades of Grey—often classified as “mommy porn”—is far from a joke when considering its widespread cultural appeal. The trilogy populated the New York Times bestseller list for months and also influenced the sexual entertainment industry. Given its prominence, scholars have sought to understand audiences’ connection to the series, finding that Fifty Shades fans are using the narrative to navigate the post-feminist realities of hook-up cultu…
"Too Soon" to count? How gender and race cloud notability considerations on Wikipedia
While research has explored the extent of gender bias and the barriers to women's inclusion on English-language Wikipedia, very little research has focused on the problem of racial bias within the encyclopedia. Despite advocacy groups' efforts to incrementally improve representation on Wikipedia, much is unknown regarding how biographies are assessed after creation. Applying a combination of web-scraping, deep learning, natural language processin…
Abortion Near Me? The Implications of Semantic Media on Accessing Health Information
Despite the important role search engines play in finding health information, little systematic research has looked at the ways in which semantic media complicate this process. An investigation of information seekers from four counties with varying political associations in the state of North Carolina details how 42 people searched for information about abortion. We find that participant ability to find accurate information is primarily driven by…
Radicalism, authoritarianism, and the role of new media
Fifty shades of consent
Fifty Shades of Grey—often classified as “mommy porn”—is far from a joke when considering its widespread cultural appeal. The trilogy populated the New York Times bestseller list for months and also influenced the sexual entertainment industry. Given its prominence, scholars have sought to understand audiences’ connection to the series, finding that Fifty Shades fans are using the narrative to navigate the post-feminist realities of hook-up cultu…
Radicalism, authoritarianism, and the role of new media
New Media and Society
Declarations of Interdependence
The primary goals of media literacy are laudable: active and critical thinking about the messages we receive and the messages we create. In practice, media literacy standardizes limited ways of knowing and normalizes built-in biases. Subsequently, its narrow emphasis on skill development, particularly the role of fact-checking, content creation, and independent research are all practices that can be exploited, oftentimes leading to the amplificat…
Ms. Categorized
Gender is one of the most pervasive and insidious forms of inequality. For example, English-language Wikipedia contains more than 1.5 million biographies about notable writers, inventors, and academics, but less than 19% of these biographies are about women. To try and improve these statistics, activists host “edit-a-thons” to increase the visibility of notable women. While this strategy helps create several biographies previously inexistent, it …
The Propagandists' Playbook
The Propagandists' Playbook
This book peels back the layers of the right-wing media manipulation machine to reveal why its strategies are so effective and pervasive, while also humanizing the people whose worldviews and media practices conservatism embodies. Based on interviews and ethnographic observations of two Republican groups over the course of the 2017 Virginia gubernatorial race—including the author's firsthand experience of the 2017 Unite the Right rally—the book c…
You’ve got mail
Legislative communication frames how constituents perceive politicians’ successes. However, most research on legislative communication focuses on Congressional or Senatorial email correspondence, without considering the importance of presidential emails or the way politicians frame their failures. Existing work on legislative communication also tends to analyze the documents in isolation, leaving open the opportunity to analyze the networked effe…
Propagandists' Playbook
Infrastructures of Manipulation
This panel presents research on web and information infrastructures used for manipulative purposes. In contrast to platform manipulation (Woolley & Howard, 2018; Benkler et al., 2018), where users such as bad actors seek to gamify and exploit the weaknesses of online social media platforms like Twitter and TikTok, the papers in the present panel describe studies where web or information infrastructures such as those involved in search and informa…
"Too Soon" to count? How gender and race cloud notability considerations on Wikipedia
While research has explored the extent of gender bias and the barriers to women's inclusion on English-language Wikipedia, very little research has focused on the problem of racial bias within the encyclopedia. Despite advocacy groups' efforts to incrementally improve representation on Wikipedia, much is unknown regarding how biographies are assessed after creation. Applying a combination of web-scraping, deep learning, natural language processin…
Abortion Near Me? The Implications of Semantic Media on Accessing Health Information
Despite the important role search engines play in finding health information, little systematic research has looked at the ways in which semantic media complicate this process. An investigation of information seekers from four counties with varying political associations in the state of North Carolina details how 42 people searched for information about abortion. We find that participant ability to find accurate information is primarily driven by…
‘Do your own research
Affordances are the perception of what a technical artifact can do. They bridge a technically-determinist perspective with social constructivist theory, acknowledging the material aspects of technology while allowing for user agency. Yet most affordance theory separates out the engagement process into producers and consumers. On one hand, this lens is essential because it considers how an end user interprets, engages, and utilizes technology thro…
Refractive datasets as a sensemaking methodology in closed data ecosystems
As digital platforms restrict their APIs, researchers face diminishing options for studying social phenomena in digital environments. During what has been called the post-API era, researchers have found themselves looking for reliable data sources in an unreliable and frequently changing platform data ecosystem. In this context, we propose analyzing refractive datasets as a methodology for researchers to understand the dynamics of closed data pla…
The “Reality” of Living Off the Land
The reality television show Swamp People (2010–present) claims to capture Cajun cultural identity. Through participant observation, in-depth interviews, and content analysis based on understandings of television as a site where identity formations are formed and negotiated, we explore how Swamp People ’s depiction of Cajun culture is interpreted by the community it depicts. Our findings suggest that Swamp People serves as a cultural authority for…
Sociology (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Media studies (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Social Media and Politics (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Misinformation and Its Impacts (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Ethnography (3 works)