Peer-reviewed publications
Journal Articles
Bussoletti, A., Trerè, E., Comunello, F. (2025). A media ecology of ecological media? Conceptualizing environment-oriented communication and its digital footprint in climate change activism. New Media & Society, https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448251346201.
Mahr, D., Bussoletti, A., Coenen, C., Comunello, F., Weinberger, N. (2025). Trust Under Siege in an Age of Misinformation - A Comparative Study of Germany, Italy, and Lithuania. JCOM – Journal of Science Communication, 24(5). https://doi.org/10.22323/149220250818111637.
Vigneri, F., Parisi, L., Bussoletti, A. (2025). La salute sui social vista dagli adolescenti italiani: pratiche quotidiane, bisogni informativi e processi di attribuzione della credibilità. Salute e società, 24(2):120-137. http://dx.doi.org/10.3280/SES2025-19210
Bussoletti, A., Belotti, F. (2024). Climate Crisis and Social Media Activism in FridaysForFuture-Rome. Comunicazione Politica, 3/2024, 385-408. Doi: 10.3270/115247
Parisi, L., Mulargia, S., Comunello, F., Bernardini, V., Bussoletti, A., Nisi, C.R., Russo, L., Campagna, I., Lanfranchi, B., Croci, I., Grassucci, E., Gesualdo, F. (2023). Exploring the vaccine conversation on TikTok in Italy: beyond classic vaccine stances. BMC Public Health. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15748-y.
Bussoletti, A. (2022). “Tumblr is dominated by America:” a study of linguistic and cultural differences in Tumblr transnational fandom. The Communication Review. doi: 10.1080/10714421.2022.2126589.
Belotti, F., Donato, S.M., Bussoletti, A., Comunello, F. (2022). Youth activism for climate change on and beyond social media: insights from FridaysForFuture-Rome. The International Journal of Press/Politics. January 2022. doi: 10.1177/19401612211072776.
Bussoletti, A. (2021). Pursuing a Gender Non-conforming “Hellscape:” Investigating Nonbinary User and Fan Practices on Tumblr. Mediascapes Journal, (18), 43–53.
Monographs
Belotti, F., Bussoletti, A. (2022). FridaysForFuture. Rappresentazioni sociali del cambiamento climatico e pratiche d’uso dei social media. Franco Angeli. https://series.francoangeli.it/index.php/oa/catalog/book/857.
Book chapters
Comunello, F., Bussoletti, A. (2024). “Activist-influencer: tra digital feminism e logiche delle piattaforme,” in Natale, A.L., and Panarese, P. (eds.) Donne nella storia dei media. Autrici, Artiste, Influencer, tra Ribalta e Retroscena. Franco Angeli.
Bussoletti, A. (2023). “TikTok e challenge: da format caratterizzante a strategia politica,” in Panarese P. (ed,) Social media challenge. Processi, attori e rappresentazioni delle sfide virali negli ambienti digitali. Franco Angeli.
Belotti, F., Bussoletti, A., Donato, S.M. (2023). “Youth climate activism and its environment(s). The FridaysForFuture-Rome experience among scientific knowledge, square protests, and social media communication” in Tomaž Deželan, Cristina Bacalso, Anna Lodeserto (eds.) Youth Knowledge Book - Youth Political Participation. Council of Europe and European Commission.
Book reviews
Bussoletti, A. (2025). Algorithms of resistance: the everyday fight against platform power: by Tiziano Bonini and Emiliano Treré, Cambridge, MA, The MIT Press, 2024, $30.00, 256 pp., Ebook Open Access, ISBN: 9780262547420. https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262547420/algorithms-of-resistance/. Comunicazione Politica, 1/2025, pp. 169-172. DOI: 10.3270/116617
Other peer-reviewed contributions
Bussoletti, A. (2025). “Beyond love is love: investigating LGBTQIA+ parent-influencers' advocacy work on Instagram” in “Creators & Identities” in Ruptures - AoIR 2025, 15-18 October. Conference paper. The Association of Internet Researchers.
Bussoletti A., Comunello F., Berghäusen H. (2025, August). Trust in science – The perspective of Higher Education
Institutions (HEIs) [Policy brief]. IANUS – Inspiring and Anchoring Trust in Science Research and Innovation, funded by Horizon (Grant agreement ID: 101058158). Available at https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101058158/results
Bussoletti, A., Comunello, F., Michali, M., Paraschou, E. (2025, August). Communication and Dissemination Plan - final version [Deliverable]. IANUS – Inspiring and Anchoring Trust in Science Research and Innovation , funded under Horizon (Grant agreement ID: 101058158). Available at https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101058158/results
Belotti, F., Bussoletti, A. (2023). “Lotta per il clima e uso politico dei social media: l’esperienza deə attivistə di FridaysForFuture-Roma” in Beyond digital political communication. Platforms, algorithms and automation, 8-10 June. Conference paper. Torino, AssoComPol: Convegno nazionale Associazione Italiana di Comunicazione politica.
Bussoletti, A., Belotti, F., Donato, S., Comunello, F. (2022). “Political, media, and research practices for climate justice: lessons from FridaysForFuture-Rome” in The Empowerment Communication Practices, Processes, and Paradigms of Emerging Social Justice Networks, Dialogic Panel at ICA 2022, 27-30 May. Conference paper. Paris. The International Communication Association.
Bussoletti, A., Belotti, F., Comunello, F., Donato, S.M. (2021). “In The Backstage of Fridays For Future Between (Mobile) Online And Offline Practices” in “The In(Ter)Dependencies Of Mobile Online And Offline Spaces: Reflections On Methods, Practices, Ethics” in Independence - AoIR 2021, 4-16 October. Conference paper. The Association of Internet Researchers. https://spir.aoir.org/ojs/index.php/spir/article/view/12119.
Bussoletti, A., Donato, S.M., Belotti, F., Comunello, F. (2021). “Climate activism in and beyond visualities: insights from the global strike of FridaysForFuture-Rome” in “Visions of Change: Communication for Social and Environmental Justice” ICA Pre-conference, 27 May. Full paper. The International Communication Association.
Belotti, F., Donato, S.M., Bussoletti, A., Comunello, F. (2021) “FridaysForFuture and the “kaleidoscope effect” between climate, digital and youth activism” Cfp for “Community Communication and Alternative Media” IAMCR 2021 section, 11-15 July. Extended abstract. The International Association for Media and Communication Research. https://iamcr.box.com/shared/static/4dul8zq4839l5y0r72d62nk4wzft5v6v.pdf.
Peer-reviewed presentations
Bussoletti, A., (2026). “Negotiating affordances, queering influencing: LGBTQIA+ Italian parent-influencers between activism and platform logics,” Communication and Democracy section, 7-11 September, Brno, 11th European Communication Conference (ECREA).
Belotti, F., Bussoletti, A., Corsi, R., Opromolla, A. (2026). “AI Activism: Artificial Intelligence Systems as Tools and Sites of Contention,” Communication and Democracy section, 7-11 September, Brno, 11th European Communication Conference (ECREA).
Belotti, F., Opromolla, A., Corsi, R., Bussoletti, A. (2026). “Mapping AI Activism Around the World: Experiences of Struggle Through and Over AI.” Communication, Social Justice and Democracy Working Group, Peripheries and Connections: Media, Communication, and Transformation, IAMCR 2026. The International Association for Media and Communication Research. 28 June - 2 July. Galway, Ireland. https://iamcr.org/galway2026/abstracts
Bussoletti, A. (2026). “LGBTQIA+ parent-influencers: negotiating agency and authenticity on digital platforms.” VIII Convegno della Società Scientifica Italiana di Sociologia, Cultura, Comunicazione – SISCC 2026. 17-19 June. Università Roma Tre. Rome, Italy.
Belotti, F., Corsi, R., Opromolla, A., Bussoletti, A. (2026). ”Verso una nozione di AI activism: pratiche emergenti di appropriazione e contestazione dell’intelligenza artificiale.” VIII Convegno della Società Scientifica Italiana di Sociologia, Cultura, Comunicazione – SISCC 2026. 17-19 June. Università Roma Tre. Rome, Italy.
Comunello, F., Parisi, L., Ieracitano, F., Bussoletti, A. (2026). “Gender roles and courtship scripts among Italian women dating women on dating apps: from the “friendship” to the “committed intimate connection” script.” In “Platforms and Queer Desire”. Communication and Inequalities in Context, 76th Annual ICA Conference. 4-8 June, 2026. Cape Town, South Africa.
Bussoletti, A., Corsi, R., Opromolla, A., Belotti, F. (2026). “AI systems and social justice: Fighting through and over one to pursue the other.” Data Justice Conference "The Datafied State". 1-2 June, 2026. Cardiff University (Cardiff, UK).
Bussoletti, A., Sciannamblo, M., Parisi, S., Comunello, F. (2026). “Reclaiming platforms, forging connections: User-made interaction bubbles as resistance.” ENGAGE.EU Digital Democracy and Gender Equality Roundtable, 17 April. Luiss Guido Carli, Rome, Italy.
Trerè, E., Bussoletti, A., Comunello, F. (2025). “Una ecología mediática para los medios ecológicos: Comunicación ambiental y huella digital en el activismo climático de Fridays For Future Roma”. In Transferencia en el ámbito de la política y defensa de los derechos de la ciudadanía. Intracom V Congreso internacional de investigación y transferencia en comunicación y divulgación de las ciencias, 2-5 December, Universidad de La Laguna, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Comunicación (Campus Guajara), Tenerife (Spain).
Bussoletti, A. (2025). “Beyond love is love: investigating LGBTQIA+ parent-influencers' advocacy work on Instagram” in “Creators & Identities” in Ruptures - AoIR 2025, 15-18 October. The Association of Internet Researchers.
Bussoletti, A. (2025). “Queering motherhood on Instagram: self-representations of Italian LGBTQ+ mothers between utopia and tradition.” In Gender and Sexualities. 18-19 September, Lisbon, Women’s Communication Rights In The Digital Era: The Beijing Platform for Action 30 Years On, ICNOVA (NOVA University Lisbon), CICANT (Lusófona University) and ECREA’s Gender, Sexuality and Communication Section.
Bussoletti, A. (2025). “Dismantling stereotypes through influencing: Italian LGBTQ+ parents’ Instagram fight for inclusion.” In Realities and Politics of Exclusion, Discrimination and Otherness, 3-6 September, Chania (Crete) Greece, Social Inclusion, Belonging and Justice in Times of Uncertainty, ESA (European Sociological Association) RN27 midterm conference.
Bussoletti, A. (2025). “A labor of love: Italian LGBTQ+ parent-influencers between self-branding and advocacy work.” In Digital Identity, Intimacy, and Advocacy, 28-30 August, Ljubljana, Communication and Capital(ism), ESA (European Sociological Association) RN18 midterm conference.
Bussoletti, A. (2025). “Queering families online: Investigating parenthood and transgression among same-sex parent influencers on Instagram,” in Social Media and Online Trasgressions, BCMCR "Transgressive Identities and Subjectivities," June 17-18th, Birmingham City University. https://bcmcr.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Transgressive-Identities-and-Subjectivities-BCMCR-Conference-Schedule-and-Book-of-Abstracts-.pdf
Vigneri, F., Parisi, L., Bussoletti, A., Gesualdo, F. (2025). “Dal click alla fiducia: tempi e dinamiche delle scelte di salute degli/delle adolescenti sui social media.” 19-20 June, Cagliari, VII conference of Società italiana Sociologia, Cultura, Comunicazione (SISCC).
Bussoletti, A., Trerè, E., Comunello, F., Belotti, F. (2024). “A media ecology of ecological media? Conceptualizing environment-oriented communication in climate change activism.” Communication & social (dis)order, 24-27 September, Ljubljana, 10th European Communication Conference (ECREA).
Comunello, F., Parisi, L., Ieracitano, F., Bussoletti, A. (2024). “Gender roles and courtship scripts in dating apps. Lessons learned from Italian women dating women.” More-than-human intimacies in digital worlds: Identity, power, and inequality, 24-27 September, Ljubljana, 10th European Communication Conference (ECREA).
Parisi, L., Bussoletti, A., Vigneri, F., Comunello, F., Gesualdo, F. (2024). “Exploring health-related issues on social media among Italian teens.” Social media and youth II, 24-27 September, Ljubljana, 10th European Communication Conference (ECREA).
Comunello, F., Bussoletti, A. (2024). “Feminist and LGBTQIA+ activist influencers: negotiating between activists practices and Instagram’s neoliberal visual economies.” Power and Empowerment: representations for women and LGBTQ+’s rights, 4-7 September, Stintino, #GenS Gender Studies International Conference.
Bussoletti, A., Comunello, F. (2024). “Influ-activist: tra digital feminism e logiche delle piattaforme,” in Influ-attivismo: nuove forme di impegno civico tra attivismo digitale e influence culture, 20-21 June, Rome. VI conference of Società italiana Sociologia, Cultura, Comunicazione (SISCC).
Comunello, F., Bussoletti, A. (2024). “Digital Feminism: Tra Activist-Influencers e Logiche delle Piattaforme,” in Empowerment, Attivismo e Decostruzione di Stereotipi di Genere tra Tv e Digitale, 13-16 June, Rome. International conference of the Journal of Italian Cinema & Media Studies.
Belotti, F., Bussoletti, A. (2023). “Research and mediactivist practices for climate and social justice: a transformative study on/with FridaysForFuture-Rome” in Action for Endangered Ecologies: Community Agency and Empowerment, 8-11 November, Honolulu. 4S (Society for Social Studies of Science) annual conference.
Belotti, F., Bussoletti, A. (2023). “Non è un mondo per giovani”… ma i social sì! L’appropriazione generazionale del climate change e dei social media in FridaysForFuture-Roma” in Mondi possibili. Tra crisi, conflitti e pratiche creative, 22- 23 June. Bari. V° Convegno SISCC. Società Scientifica Italiana di Sociologia, Cultura, Comunicazione.
Belotti, F., Bussoletti, A. (2023). “Lotta per il clima e uso politico dei social media: l’esperienza deə attivistə di FridaysForFuture-Roma” in Beyond digital political communication. Platforms, algorithms and automation, 8-10 June. Torino, AssoComPol: Convegno nazionale Associazione Italiana di Comunicazione politica.
Bussoletti, A. (2022). “Negotiating (activism) cultural differences: lessons from the FridaysForFuture’s transnational and local networks” in Digital mobilization in/for the climate movement, 19-22 October. Aarhus. 9th European Communication Conference (ECREA).
Parisi, L., Comunello, F., Grassucci, E., Bernardini, V., Nisi, C., Bussoletti, A., Mulargia, S., Croci, I., Lanfranchi, B., Gesualdo, F. (2022). “Analyzing vaccine-related engagement on Tiktok among Italian users” in Vaccine hesitancy and acceptance, 19-22 October. Aarhus. 9th European Communication Conference (ECREA).
Bussoletti, A. (2022). “Speaking up for climate justice: youth revindicating their voice in FridaysForFuture-Rome’s climate activism” in Speaking out about climate change, 07-09 September. Aberdeen. Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association (MeCCSA) Conference.
Bussoletti, A., Belotti, F., Donato, S., Comunello, F. (2022). “Political, media, and research practices for climate justice: lessons from FridaysForFuture-Rome” in The Empowerment Communication Practices, Processes, and Paradigms of Emerging Social Justice Networks, Dialogic Panel at ICA 2022, 27-30 May. Conference paper. Paris. The International Communication Association.
Bussoletti, A., Antonelli, C. (2022). “Shifting Italian masculinities: Insights from three male performances in the Italian Song Festival of Sanremo 2022” in GENDERCOM, 7th International Conference on Gender and Communication, 7-8 April. Online. University of Sevilla.
Bussoletti, A., Belotti, F., Comunello, F., Donato, S.M. (2021). “In The Backstage of Fridays For Future Between (Mobile) Online And Offline Practices” in “The In(Ter)Dependencies Of Mobile Online And Offline Spaces: Reflections On Methods, Practices, Ethics” in Independence - AoIR 2021, 4-16 October. The Association of Internet Researchers.
Bussoletti, A. (2021). “Pursuing a Gender Non-conforming ‘Hellscape:’ Investigating Nonbinary User and Fan Practices on Tumblr” in Gender and Media Matters – Widening the Horizons of the Field of Study, 15-16 October. Online, Sapienza, University of Rome.
Belotti, F., Bussoletti, A., Donato, S.M., Comunello, F. (2021). “Rappresentazioni sociali del cambiamento climatico e pratiche d’uso dei social media in FridaysForFuture-Roma” in “Le reti dei valori. I valori delle reti" 24-25 June, III° Convegno SISCC. Online. Società Scientifica Italiana Sociologia, Cultura, Comunicazione.
Bussoletti, A., Donato, S.M., Belotti, F., Comunello, F. (2021). “Climate activism in and beyond visualities: insights from the global strike of FridaysForFuture-Rome” in “Visions of Change: Communication for Social and Environmental Justice” ICA Pre-conference, 27 May. The International Communication Association.
Belotti, F., Donato, S.M., Bussoletti, A., Comunello, F. (2021) “FridaysForFuture and the “kaleidoscope effect” between climate, digital and youth activism,” Community Communication and Alternative Media IAMCR 2021 section, 11-15 July. Extended abstract. The International Association for Media and Communication Research.
Bussoletti, A. (2021). “The changing landscape of gender non-conforming characters: Non-binary Narratives and Representations in Land of The Lustrous.” In “Queer representations: Pasts, presents, and futures” conference, 11-14 May. Online. Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh..
Public talks and presentations
Bussoletti, A. (2026). “Socialità e piattaforme: pratiche e vulnerabilità fra utilizzo e programmazione” in “Genere e tecnologie digitali: violenza, resistenza e nuovi immaginari,” final conference of the PRIN PNRR project “Gendering Internet: violence, resilience, empowerment in digital spaces - GIVRE”. 15 January 2026. CoRiS, Sapienza University of Rome.
Bussoletti, A. (2025). “Climate activism on and beyond social media: Lessons from FridaysForFuture-Rome,” 28th October, seminar at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Brief presentation of the research with(in) FridaysForFuture-Rome and of the article “A media ecology of ecological media? Conceptualizing environment-oriented communication and its digital footprint in climate change activism” (New Media & Society, https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448251346201).
Bussoletti, A. (2025). "FIET - Festival Internazionale dell’Enogastronomia e del Turismo" 18th October, Palazzo Ca' Vendramin Calergi. Presenting a contribution titled "Consumo critico e Sostenibilità ambientale - il consumatore critico e postmoderno alla ricerca della qualità” during the session “Fake e strategie di mercato: un falso che vale 120 Miliardi nel mondo”.
Bussoletti, A. (2025). “PhD/ rMA Training & Networking Session - Social Media for Academic Success,” 22nd May, Rotterdam Central Library, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Organizing and leading training session on the use of social media for research dissemination and academic profile visibility, with the goal of equipping early career scholars with key skills to connect with peers and mentors globally on social media, potentially leading to collaboration opportunities and greater research impact. Part of “Automating Democracy: AI Use Between Social Justice and Social Control” International Conference (May 22-23, 2025).
Bussoletti, A. (2025). “Youth climate activism and its environment(s): lessons from FridaysForFuture-Rome,” Auditorium Lecture, 1st April, the American University of Rome.
Brief lecture on the interconnection between digital activism and generational identity and the hybrid relationship between online and offline political participation.
Belotti, F., Bussoletti, A. (2022). “FridaysForFuture. Social representations of climate change and social media usage practices” book presentation, 1st December, Sapienza University of Rome.
Presentation of the book FridaysForFuture. Social representations of climate change and social media usage practices (Franco Angeli) with discussant prof. Stefania Parisi and prof. Bruno Mazzara (Sapienza University of Rome) and FridaysForFuture-Rome activists Sara Sessa and Marzio Chirico.
Bussoletti A., Belotti F., Chirico M., Sessa S. (2022). “FridaysForFuture – Social representations of climate change and social media usage practices:” Francesca Belotti and Arianna Bussoletti’s book. Radio interview, 2nd December, RadioSapienza. A radio interview where the authors and two activists from FridaysForFuture-Roma discuss the book “FridaysForFuture. Social representations of climate change and social media usage practices ,” its academic impact and significance for the activist-scholar allyship and the future of engaged research. Available at https://tinyurl.com/yckkjxk7
Belotti, F., Bussoletti, A., Donato, S. (2022). “L'attivismo giovanile per il clima e i suoi ambienti” in Dialoghi sull’Europa 2022, 28 March. Online. Sapienza University of Rome. Presentation of the book chapter “Youth climate activism and its environment(s). The FridaysForFuture-Rome experience among scientific knowledge, square protests, and social media communication” in Youth Knowledge Book - Youth Political Participation, edited by the European Council.
Bussoletti, A. (2021). “Media e Violenza: (re)vittimizzazione e trends nella rappresentazione e narrazione delle donne nei media italiani” in Violenza sulle donne. La re-vittimizzazione nei media e nei tribunali, 18 December. AlbumArte, Rome. An overview of the current media portrayals of gender violence and victimhood. The initiative was financed with funds from Regione Lazio, hosted at AlbumArte (Rome), an independent space for contemporary art and cultural discussion, and coordinated by Daniela Trincia as part of the project Archè. It was part of a series of meetings by feminist associations and activists to combat feminicides and gender violence.
Belotti, F., Bussoletti, A., Donato, S. (2021). Restitution event at Città dell’Altra Economia, 15 December, Rome. A restitution event organized at the conclusion of research with(in) FridaysForFuture-Rome. It was hosted at the Città dell’Altra Economia (CAE), an independent space in Rome that supports and experiments with alternative economy practices inspired by solidarity, respect towards the environment, and social responsibility. The event was organized following consolidated practices and norms within FFF-Rome for external events and assemblies. It consisted in an informal presentation of the results of the research, which immediately turned into a discussion on grassroots activism, the future of the group, the challenges facing climate activism, and how to better do research ‘with’ activist groups rather than ‘about’ them.
Bussoletti, A. (2021). “Climate Activism and Youth Participation" in “Fighting for our planet: what are the next challenges?” online workshop, 14-16 May. Online. Hosted by HIKMA and Centro Studi Internazionali (CSI) on occasion of the Summit of International Relations. A discussion about contemporary climate activism and its strong connection with youth during a workshop hosted by HIKMA (a student association of the University of Bologna) in collaboration with Centro Studi Internazionali (CSI). The event addressed the severity of climate change, how it will change our lifestyles, contribute to increasing migrations, and pose unique challenges to governments worldwide
