Ph.D. in Urban And Regional Development , 37th cycle (2021-2024)
Ph.D. obtained in 2025
Dissertation:
Social media ecosystem and disinformation. The dynamics of the debate on nuclear energy, radioactive waste and the atomic conflict narrative.
Tutors:
Sara MonaciTeaching
Teachings
Master of Science
- Future storytelling. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA DEL CINEMA E DEI MEZZI DI COMUNICAZIONE. Collaboratore del corso
- Future storytelling. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA DEL CINEMA E DEI MEZZI DI COMUNICAZIONE. Collaboratore del corso
- Future storytelling. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA DEL CINEMA E DEI MEZZI DI COMUNICAZIONE. Collaboratore del corso
- Future storytelling. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA DEL CINEMA E DEI MEZZI DI COMUNICAZIONE. Collaboratore del corso
- Comunicare la complessità. A.A. 2020/21, DESIGN SISTEMICO. Collaboratore del corso
- Digital societies. A.A. 2021/22, DIGITAL SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABLE SOCIETAL TRANSITIONS. Collaboratore del corso
- Digital societies. A.A. 2022/23, DIGITAL SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABLE SOCIETAL TRANSITIONS. Collaboratore del corso
- Digital societies. A.A. 2023/24, DIGITAL SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABLE SOCIETAL TRANSITIONS. Collaboratore del corso
Bachelor of Science
- Internet e social media: tecnologie e derive della comunicazione in rete (Grandi Sfide - Digitale). A.A. 2022/23, PIANIFICAZIONE TERRITORIALE, URBANISTICA E PAESAGGISTICO-AMBIENTALE. Collaboratore del corso
- Internet e social media: tecnologie e derive della comunicazione in rete (Grandi Sfide - Digitale). A.A. 2023/24, PIANIFICAZIONE TERRITORIALE, URBANISTICA E PAESAGGISTICO-AMBIENTALE. Collaboratore del corso
Publications
Works published during the Ph.D. View all publications in Porto@Iris
- Monaci, Sara; Tipaldo, Giuseppe; Persico, Simone; Bruno, Fabio (2025)
Italian Farmers Voices. A Comparative Study of Euroscepticism in the Tractors and Pitchforks Movements. In: COMUNICAZIONE POLITICA, vol. 1. ISSN 1594-6061
Contributo su Rivista - Persico, S. (2024)
Affective, defective, and infective narratives on social media about nuclear energy and atomic conflict during the 2022 Italian electoral campaign. In: HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 11. ISSN 2662-9992
Contributo su Rivista - Bottero, Marta; Dell'Anna, Federico; Monaci, Sara; Persico, Simone (2024)
Geo-NLP Insights: Unveiling Residential Real Estate Trends Through Textual Analysis. In: 24th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications (ICCSA 2024), Hanoi, Vietnam, pp. 163-175. ISSN 0302-9743. ISBN: 9783031653070
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Shaker, Yahya; Persico, Simone (2024)
Mapping the Just Green Transitions in the Socio-political Virtual Space. In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT, vol. 21, pp. 61-82. ISSN 1650-9544
Contributo su Rivista - Monaci, Sara; Persico, Simone (2024)
Wartime And Social Media Ecosystem. Disinformation Strategies And Bridges for Under-The-Radar Platforms. In: @ DIGITCULT, vol. 8, pp. 37-56. ISSN 2531-5994
Contributo su Rivista - Monaci, Sara; Persico, Simone (2023)
La disinformazione in tempo di guerra. Il ruolo delle piattaforme sottotraccia nell’ecosistema dei social network. In: COMUNICAZIONE POLITICA, pp. 271-296. ISSN 1594-6061
Contributo su Rivista - Monaci, Sara; Morreale, Domenico; Persico, Simone (2023)
The Eurabia Conspiracy Theory: Twitter’s Political Influencers, Narratives, and Information Sources. In: MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION, vol. 11. ISSN 2183-2439
Contributo su Rivista - Mazali, Tatiana; Monaci, Sara; Persico, Simone (2023)
Smart working during the Covid19 pandemic in Italy: Twitter narratives in female-centered communities.. In: MEDIASCAPES JOURNAL, vol. 21, pp. 323-343. ISSN 2282-2542
Contributo su Rivista - Monaci, Sara; Persico, Simone (2023)
Who's fuelling Twitter disinformation on the COVID-19 vaccination campaign? Evidence from a computational analysis of the green pass debate. In: CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN POLITICS. ISSN 2324-8831
Contributo su Rivista - Monaci, Sara; Persico, Simone (2022)
Mixed Analysis of User Activity, Content, and Networks: Twitter’s Information Cascades on Conspiratorial Pandemics. In: The Covid-19 Pandemic as a Challenge for Media and Communication Studies / S.N., S.L., Routledge. ISBN: 9781032134413
Contributo in Volume - Monaci, Sara; Persico, Simone (2022)
The COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign and Disinformation on Twitter: The Role of Opinion Leaders amd Political Social Media Influencers in the Italian Debate on Green Pass. In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION. ISSN 1932-8036
Contributo su Rivista - Monaci, Sara; Persico, Simone (2021)
Terrapiattismo, Covid-19/5G e altre cospirazioni: la pandemia del complottismo su Twitter. In: L'impatto sociale del Covid 19 / S.N., S.L., Franco Angeli, pp. 301-309. ISBN: 978-88-351-1850-3
Contributo in Volume