Francesco Grisolia

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Education:
(2018) Master in Big Data Analytics & Social Mining, University of Pisa
(2012) PhD in Cultural Anthropology, University of Siena

Previous positions:
(May 2018-May 2021) Postdoc Fellow, University of Pisa, Italy
(December 2013 / February 2017) Adjunct Professor of Medical and Social Anthropology, 'Magna Graecia' University of Catanzaro, Italy
(April/December 2014) Academic Visitor, University of Oxford, Department of Social Policy and Intervention
(November 2013 / May 2015) Postdoc Fellow in Sociology of Health, 'Magna Graecia' University of Catanzaro, Italy

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KU Leuven

University of Malta

Microsoft Research

Deakin University

Jorge Castillo-Sepúlveda

Universidad de Santiago de Chile

David Seamon

Kansas State University

Remo Caponi

University of Cologne

Armando Marques-Guedes

UNL - New University of Lisbon

Noe Cornago

University of the Basque Country, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

Simon Springer

The University of Newcastle

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Vinci Salvini! Boosting engagement in the 2019 European elections campaign in Italy

First Monday, 2022

Our study examines the 2019 European elections campaign in the Italian Twittersphere and the onli... more Our study examines the 2019 European elections campaign in the Italian Twittersphere and the online activity of Matteo Salvini, former Italian Interior Minister and leader of the League. We consider the social media contest Vinci Salvini! (“Win Salvini!”) and we demonstrate how gamification, in the form of casual games, can affect participation and content visibility. The contest involved less committed citizens, offering an easy and interruptible mode of participation, crowdsourcing part of the campaign effort to them. Motivated by simple rewards, they spread the leader’s messages more and faster than other users, affecting in turn the algorithmic logic of the platforms. Therefore, we conclude that although online participation is very skewed, gamification can rebalance and widen it.

(Mis)Information Operations: An Integrated Perspective

by Francesco Grisolia and Maurizio Tesconi

(Mis)Information Operations: An Integrated Perspective, 2019

The massive diffusion of social media fosters disintermediation and changes the way users are inf... more The massive diffusion of social media fosters disintermediation and changes the way users are informed, the way they process reality and engage in public debate. Users show the tendency to interact with information adhering to their preferred narrative and to ignore dissenting information. Confirmation bias seems to account for users’ decisions about consuming and spreading content and, at the same time, aggregation of favored information within those communities reinforces group polarization.
In this work, the authors address the problem of (mis)information operations with a holistic and integrated approach. Cognitive weakness induced by this new information environment are considered. Moreover, (mis)information operations, with particular reference to the Italian context, are considered and the fact that the phenomenon is more complex than expected is highlighted. The paper concludes by providing an integrated research roadmap accounting for the possible future technological developments.

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Social Innovation on the Rise: yet another buzzword in time of austerity?

by Emanuele Ferragina and Francesco Grisolia

We challenge the idea that social innovation can constitute an effective strategy to counter-bala... more We challenge the idea that social innovation can constitute an effective strategy to counter-balance the retrenchment of public social provisions. The changes within the Italian healthcare system, one of the most important sectors of the welfare state, in which social innovation ideas have been widely discussed, are a clear example of a broader trend toward decentralisation and marketization. In conjunction with a new balance between public and private funding, these changes are contributing to increased inequalities and territorial disparities. A social innovation perspective, which is not embedded within a structural reform of the Italian welfare state and the health care system, might simply become a convenient buzzword to forward neoliberal ideology in a time of austerity.

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Social Innovation on the Rise: yet another buzzword in a time of austerity ?

by Francesco Grisolia and Emanuele Ferragina

We challenge the idea that social innovation can constitute an effective strategy to counter-bala... more We challenge the idea that social innovation can constitute an effective strategy to counter-balance the retrenchment of public social provisions. The changes within the Italian healthcare system, one of the most important sectors of the welfare state, in which the concept of social innovation has been widely discussed, are a clear example of a broader trend toward decentralisation and marketization. In conjunction with a new balance between public and private funding, these changes are contributing to increased inequalities and territorial disparities. The call to social innovation, if not embedded within a structural reform of the Italian welfare state and the health care system, might simply become a convenient buzzword to forward the neoliberal ideology in a time of austerity.

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Turco-ciprioti e turchi dell'Anatolia. Rappresentazioni identitarie a Nicosia Nord

in Li Causi, L. (a cura di), Migrare, fuggire. Ricostruire - Poteri e stranieri negli spazi socia... more

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Vinci Salvini! Boosting engagement in the 2019 European elections campaign in Italy

First Monday, 2022

(Mis)Information Operations: An Integrated Perspective

by Francesco Grisolia and Maurizio Tesconi

(Mis)Information Operations: An Integrated Perspective, 2019

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Social Innovation on the Rise: yet another buzzword in time of austerity?

by Emanuele Ferragina and Francesco Grisolia

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Social Innovation on the Rise: yet another buzzword in a time of austerity ?

by Francesco Grisolia and Emanuele Ferragina

We challenge the idea that social innovation can constitute an effective strategy to counter-bala... more We challenge the idea that social innovation can constitute an effective strategy to counter-balance the retrenchment of public social provisions. The changes within the Italian healthcare system, one of the most important sectors of the welfare state, in which the concept of social innovation has been widely discussed, are a clear example of a broader trend toward decentralisation and marketization. In conjunction with a new balance between public and private funding, these changes are contributing to increased inequalities and territorial disparities. The call to social innovation, if not embedded within a structural reform of the Italian welfare state and the health care system, might simply become a convenient buzzword to forward the neoliberal ideology in a time of austerity.

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Turco-ciprioti e turchi dell'Anatolia. Rappresentazioni identitarie a Nicosia Nord

in Li Causi, L. (a cura di), Migrare, fuggire. Ricostruire - Poteri e stranieri negli spazi socia... more

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