Keywords:
Digital Platforms
Digital Cultural Production
Algorithmic Public Opinion
Digital Methods
Generative Artificial Intelligence
- Cultural production on digital platforms, as explored in AO3 (Convergence) and TikTok (HSSC);
- The creator economy and monetization systems on digital platforms, with examples such as Twitch (Scientific Reports) and Bandcamp (IJCP);
- Digital subcultures linked to conspiracy theories, with a particular focus on early Web 2.0 forums and Reddit (New Media & Society);
- Infodemic and digital knowledge communities on Twitter (Social Science & Medicine), with particular attention to the risks of disinformation and algorithmic censorship (Frontiers in Sociology);
- Mediatized controversies at the intersection of junk news and the attention economy on Facebook (RIS) and Twitter (ComPol, Tecnoscienza, PaCo, Comunicazioni Sociali);
- Artificial Intelligence both as a tool for social research (Sociologica) and as an active agent in algorithmic public opinion (Frontiers in Political Science).