Simone Mulargia has a long-standing experience in social media usage practices. He was the PI of the project "Woman hacking, peril thriving". ICTs-related sexist (self)stereotypes among young and older people, and is member of the Editorial Board of the Italian journal Comunicazionepuntodoc.
Education
– 2004-2008: Ph.D. in Communication, Sapienza University of Rome
– 1998-2004: University Degree (Laurea) in Science of Communication, Sapienza University of Rome. 110/110, summa cum laude).
Employment
– 2019 to date: Associate professor, Department of Human Studies- Communication, Education and Psychology, Lumsa University Rome
– 2017-2020: Assistant professor, Department of Communication and Social Research, Sapienza University of Rome
- 2010-2016: Postdoctoral research fellow, Department of Communication and Social Research, Sapienza University of Rome
– 2011-2013: Adjunct professor, Department of Social, Political and Cognitive Sciences, University of Siena
– 2006-2008: Researcher and consultant, Centro Nazionale per l'Informatica nella Pubblica Amministrazione - CNIPA (National Center for IT in the Public Sector).
Teaching activities
– 2020 to date: Sociology of Communication and Media Theories, Department of Human Studies- Communication, Education and Psychology, Lumsa University Rome (Undergraduate course)
– 2020 to date: Digital and Social Media: Analysis and Strategies, Department of Human Studies- Communication, Education and Psychology, Lumsa
– 2020 to date: Digital Public Relations (English curriculum), Department of Human Studies- Communication, Education and Psychology, Lumsa
– 2018-2019: Sociology of Communication (with a colleague), Department of Communication and Social Research, Sapienza University of Rome
– 2017-2019: Internet and Social Media Studies, Department of Communication and Social Research, Sapienza University of Rome
– 2019: Audience’s Theory and Analysis (with a collegue), Department of Communication and Social Research, Sapienza University of Rome – 2018: Connected and Social Television (with a collegue), Department of Communication and Social Research, Sapienza University of Rome
– 2012-2013: Theory and Technique of New Media, Department of Social, Political and Cognitive Sciences, University of Siena
– 2013-2018: Communication, Master in Science of Security (with collegues), Sapienza University of Rome and Italian National Police (Polizia di Stato).
Research: grants
– 2018 to date: "Woman hacking, peril thriving". ICTs-related sexist (self)stereotypes among young and older people, Sapienza University of Rome. PI
– 2017: Cyber-bullismo e Media Education nel Lazio (Cyberbullying and Media Education in Lazio), founded by The Regional Committee for Communication (Comitato Regionale per le Comunicazioni – Lazio). PI.
Research: member of research groups (since 2000 only)
- 2019 to date: YOUTH RISK-TAKING AND SOCIAL MEDIA CHALLENGES. PERCEPTION AND EXPERIENCE OF RISK IN ONLINE "DANGEROUS GAMES, Funded by Sapienza University of Rome
- 2017 to date: Recycling is caring. An action research on separate waste collection in Rome, Funded by Sapienza University of Rome
- 2017-2019: Ageism e social media attraverso la lente delle media ideologies: un’indagine esplorativa, Funded by LUMSA University Rome, co-funded by ACT Network
- 2015-2016: Smart watches, adoption(s) and appropriation(s), funded by The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
- 2014-2015: Le culture di Linux e dell'open source, Funded by LUMSA University Rome in collaboration with Engineering Ingegneria Informatica Spa, Orient Technologies Ltd
- 2014-2017: SHAKEnetworks: il ruolo dei media sociali nella comunicazione d'emergenza e nella divulgazione della ricerca sismologica, Funded by Italian Ministry of Education and Research (MIUR-PRIN)
- 2014-2019: Inf@nzia DIGI.tales 3.6, Funded by PON-Smart Cities for Social Inclusion
- 2012-2013: Emergenze "social". Il ruolo dei media sociali nella comunicazione e nella gestione dell’emergenza, Funded by Sapienza University of Rome
- 2010-2011: M3 – MIUR – Multimedia Monitor – Progetto di monitoraggio dei 4 Piani di Formazione Nazionale Docenti, Funded by Italian Ministry of Education and Research (MIUR) - 2008-2009: Business e gaming. Gioco e social network nella rete di impresa, Funded by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc Italia - 2007-2008: Contro la comunicazione politica ripensare la partecipazione nell'età dei vecchi e nuovi media, Funded by Italian Ministry of Education and Research (MIUR-PRIN).
Publications
The full publication list is available here: https://ricercascientifica.lumsa.it/Consultazione?autore_id=29939&nome=Simone&cognome=Mulargia&SearchButton=Cerca
Discussion and conference papers (since 2010 only)
- 2020: Mirror mirror on the wall…'. Ambivalent attitudes in the narratives of Italian Instagram users on female beauty, photo-editing, and the role of influencers. IAMCR Online 2020 (with C. R. Nisi, F. Comunello)
- 2018: Beyond Twitter. Italian citizens’ information needs and behaviors in the aftermath of an earthquake, “7th European Communication Conference (ECC2018)” - Lugano– Svizzera (with F. Comunello)
- 2018: I like to recycle. Exploring Facebook’s affordances and constraints as perceived by Italian users involved in recycling activities. Unspoken Unseen Unheard of. Unexplored realities in qualitative research - University of St. Gallen – Svizzera (with M. Palmieri, F. Comunello, L. Parisi)
- 2017: Tra bot e filter-bubble: meccanismi di costruzione e diffusione della paura in rete. I confini del terrore. Orizzonti, immaginari, percorsi umani, Noto, Italia
- 2017: When Twitter is not enough. Italian citizens’ information needs and behaviors in the aftermath of an earthquake. 5th International Crisis Communication Conference, Lisbona, Portugal (with F. Comunello, G. Anzera - non presenting author)
- 2017: My Grandpa and I “Gotta Catch ‘Em All”. A Research Design on Intergenerational Gaming Focusing on Pokémon. ITAP 2017 (HCI International, 2017), Vancouver – Canada (with F. Comunello - non presenting author)
- 2017: A #cultural_change is needed. Social media use in emergency communication by Italian local level institutions. The 14th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response & Management (ISCRAM), Albi, Francia (with F. Comunello - non presenting author)
- 2016: Between ‘Debunking’ and ‘Echo-Chambers’ Effects. Exploring the Childhood Vaccine Controversy Among Italian Facebook Users. the 6th European Communication Conference (ECREA), Prague, Czech Republic (with F. Comunello, L. Parisi)
- 2016: Adoption is a question of interests. Appropriation and domestication processes of smartwatches among adult and older adult users. 17th Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR 2016), Berlin, Germany (with A. Rosales, M. Fernández-Ardèvol, F. Comunello, N. Ferran)
- 2016: ‘No more birthday greetings on my Facebook wall, please!’ Social media platforms usage patterns, user perceptions, and idioms of practice among young Italian users. 17th Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR 2016), Berlin, Germany. (with F. Comunello)
- 2015: Older People’s Attitude Towards Mobile Communication in Everyday Life: Digital Literacy and Domestication Processes. ITAP/Human-Computer Interaction International Conference (HCI), Los Angeles, USA (with F. Comunello, F. Belotti, M. Fernández-Ardèvol - non presenting author)
- 2015: No Misunderstandings During Earthquakes: Elaborating and testing a Standardized Tweet Structure for Automatic Detection of Earthquakes. The 12th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response & Management (ISCRAM) Kristiansand, Norway (with F. Comunello, P. Polidoro, E. Casarotti, V. Lauciani)
- 2014: No country for old men?” Analyzing older people’s attitudes toward mobile communication. The 5th European Communication Conference (ECREA 2014), Lisbon, Portugal (with F. Comunello, M. Fernández-Ardèvol, F. Belotti)
- 2014: Connessi, da lontano. Digital literacy e pratiche di appropriazione della telefonia mobile da parte degli over 60. The 5th STS (The Italian Society of Science and Technology Studies) Italia Conference – A matter of Design. Making Society through Science and Technology – Milano, Italia (with F. Comunello, F. Belotti)
- 2012: No more birthday greetings on my Facebook wall, please. User representations of different social media platforms and their integration in everyday relational patterns. The 4th European Communication Conference (ECREA 2012), Istanbul, Turkey (with F. Comunello) - 2011: User-generated videogaming. Little Big Planet and participatory cultures. Internet Research 12 (IR 12), Association of Internet Researchers, Seattle (USA) (with F. Comunello - non presenting author)
- 2010: Networked Sociability. Exploring identity performances and new patterns of sociability in a networked world. The 3rd ESA (European Sociological Association) Sociology of Culture Research Network mid‐term Conference, Milano, Italia (with F. Comunello).
Professional service (selection)
- 2021 to date: Chair of the Master's Degree Program in Marketing and Digital Communication (Lm-59) - Department of Human Studies- Communication, Education and Psychology, Lumsa University Rome
- 2020-2021: Member of the Teachers-Students Peer Commission of the Department of Human Studies- Communication, Education and Psychology, Lumsa University Rome
- 2020 to date: Responsible for Guidance of the Department of Human Studies- Communication, Education and Psychology, Lumsa University Rome
- 2017-2020: Responsible for the web site of the Department of Communication and Social Research, Sapienza University of Rome
- 2017-2020: Member of the Quality Assurance Group - Department of Communication and Social Research, Sapienza University of Rome
- 2017 to date: Member of the Editorial Board of Comunicazionepuntodoc
Referee Activities
Comunicazionepuntodoc, Problemi dell’Informazione, Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace,