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Research group at Open University of Catalonia (UOC) | Examining social and political challenges in the digital era. Datafied societies, Ageism, Technopolitics, Social media, AI, Participatory platforms, and more 🔎​📲​📚 communicationchange.net

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Representation @repjournal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How does municipal size shape local representation? In our latest paper, @thepeiru finds that as municipal size decreases, citizens perceive their interests to be more aligned with their councillors and view them as more intrinsically motivated See more! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Trust-based or Sanction-based Dynamics? Size and Representation in Local Government
Political representation in local government is a fundamental feature of modern democracies that exhibits distinct characteristics when contextual factors are considered. The size of the political ...
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Communication Networks & Social Change (CNSC) @cnsc-uoc.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Integritat de la recerca 🔍 @andrearosalesc.bsky.social i @mireiafa.bsky.social van participar en el panel 'Publish or Perish 2.0: integritat de la recerca en l’era de la IA', activitat que va formar part de la Setmana de la IA a la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS8h...
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Publish or Perish 2.0: integritat de la recerca en l’era de la IA
YouTube video by UOC - Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
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Communication Networks & Social Change (CNSC) @cnsc-uoc.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
New publication! 🚀 @martacambro.bsky.social authored the article 'Citizens' Media Practices in the Face of Online Hate Speech,' as part of the Special Issue "Communicative Resilience: Civil Society's Response to Information Disorders" of the journal Partecipazione e Conflitto. #hatespeech
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Communication Networks & Social Change (CNSC) @cnsc-uoc.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
📢 Registration is open: 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗜: 𝗖𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 🗓️ 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟭𝟳, 𝟵:𝟬𝟬 𝘁𝗼 𝟭𝟲:𝟯𝟬 📍 @uocuniversitat.bsky.social (Rambla Poblenou, 154, Bcn) 🔎 The techno-deterministic paradigm of AI has exacerbated social challenges. Society is mobilising towards shaping AI for social good.
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Communication Networks & Social Change (CNSC) @cnsc-uoc.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
🔎 New paper alert! Juan Linares, David Carbonell, @andrearosalesc.bsky.social & Inés Montoya publish in OBS* journal. They analyzed 1,456 Midjourney images and found that GenAI defaults to young people, while older adults are scarce and tied to stereotypes of fragility. #AIEthics #GenAI
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Gender & ICT @gentic-uoc.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
📣 Seminario: Mujeres indígenas interconectando conocimientos: cuerpos, territorios y tecnologías para la vida 🌎 Ana María Noguera #GenTIC presentará conclusiones de #INDIWOMINT, sobre los saberes y prácticas de las comunidades de la Amazonía y cómo crear alianzas para mitigar el cambio climático. ⬇️
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Communication Networks & Social Change (CNSC) @cnsc-uoc.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
📢 Registration is open: 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗜: 𝗖𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 🗓️ 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟭𝟳, 𝟵:𝟬𝟬 𝘁𝗼 𝟭𝟲:𝟯𝟬 📍 @uocuniversitat.bsky.social (Rambla Poblenou, 154, Bcn) 🔎 The techno-deterministic paradigm of AI has exacerbated social challenges. Society is mobilising towards shaping AI for social good.
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Communication Networks & Social Change (CNSC) @cnsc-uoc.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
📢 𝗘𝗫𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗗 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗔𝗕𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗦 👉 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟯𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
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Communication Networks & Social Change (CNSC) @cnsc-uoc.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
📢 𝗘𝗫𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗗 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗔𝗕𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗦 👉 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟯𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
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Communication Networks & Social Change (CNSC) @cnsc-uoc.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
🔥 Jueves 14/05 15:15h | Encuentro Derechos Digitales @mireiafa.bsky.social presenta los resultados de un artículo publicado en @bigdatasoc.bsky.social sobre cómo la IA aprende a evitar el sexismo pero sigue reproduciendo edadismo. 📌 Consulta la agenda: encuentroderechosdigitales.com/agenda-2/
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Communication Networks & Social Change (CNSC) @cnsc-uoc.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
🔥 Més enllà de les big tech de Silicon Valley, hi ha una altra realitat tecnològica en què ja existeixen multitud d'experiències de 𝘀𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹, tant a nivell dels 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀 com de les 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀. Us invitem a abordar aquestes qüestions en: canodrom.barcelona/ca/noticies/...
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Tres jornades per descobrir que el futur tecnològic no està escrit
El Canòdrom - Ateneu d’Innovació Digital i Democràtica és un espai únic a Barcelona: un laboratori ciutadà entorn de les tecnologies i la democràcia. Un ateneu obert al territori proper, a la ciutat i...
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Communication Networks & Social Change (CNSC) @cnsc-uoc.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
📢 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗔𝗕𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗦 is open until 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟱𝘁𝗵 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 ECREA postconference: Connected Generations: Media, Communication, and Intergenerational Exchange in Contemporary Lives (17-18/Sept/2026, online) More information: symposium.uoc.edu/149878/detai... #ECREA #conference #ageing #communication #media
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Connected Generations: Media, Communication, and Intergenerational Exchange in Contemporary Lives (17-18/Sept/2026)
Connected Generations: Media, Communication, and Intergenerational Exchange in Contemporary Lives ECREA 2026 postconference Today's sociotechnological transformations—marked by conflict, crisis, and r...
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Communication Networks & Social Change (CNSC) @cnsc-uoc.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
📢 We are glad to invite you to the ECREA post-conference “𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮, 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀” organized by the Children, Youth and Media Section and the Temporary Working Group on Aging and Communication symposium.uoc.edu/149878/detai...
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Communication Networks & Social Change (CNSC) @cnsc-uoc.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
New publication alert! Ana Bernal Triviño, Ana González Neira, and @andrearosalesc.bsky.social analyzed whether the media and fact-checkers served to check the statements shared by Pedro Sánchez (PSOE) and Alberto Núñez Feijóo (PP) during the '23 electoral debate. revistas.unav.edu/index.php/co...
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Communication Networks & Social Change (CNSC) @cnsc-uoc.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
New publication! 🔎 The paper 'Navigating Digital Surveillance in Later Life: Determinants of Identity Masking and Data Protection Practices' is out! Authors: @sarasuarezg.bsky.social @thepeiru.bsky.social @mireiafa.bsky.social @cogitatiomac.bsky.social www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...
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Navigating Digital Surveillance in Later Life: Determinants of Identity Masking and Data Protection Practices | Article | Media and Communication
Sara Suárez-Gonzalo, Joel Peiruza-Parga, Mireia Fernández-Ardèvol
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Sara Suárez @sarasuarezg.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
📢 Excited to share our article "Navigating Digital Surveillance in Later Life: Determinants of Identity Masking and Data Protection Practices" in @cogitatiomac.bsky.social ✅Free OA doi.org/10.17645/mac... #OpenAccess ✍ @thepeiru.bsky.social @mireiafa.bsky.social @cnsc-uoc.bsky.social
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Navigating Digital Surveillance in Later Life: Determinants of Identity Masking and Data Protection Practices | Article | Media and Communication
Sara Suárez-Gonzalo, Joel Peiruza-Parga, Mireia Fernández-Ardèvol
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Communication Networks & Social Change (CNSC) @cnsc-uoc.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
In this new article, @imaginaries.bsky.social and Laura Forlano examined the sociotechnical fictions instrumentalized by #AI financial infrastructures and discourses to advance what they call "a cyberlibertarian transition". Published at AI&Society @springernature.com link.springer.com/journal/146
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AI & SOCIETY
AI & Society: Knowledge, Culture and Communication, is an International Journal publishing refereed scholarly articles, position papers, debates, short ...
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Communication Networks & Social Change (CNSC) @cnsc-uoc.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
In this new article, @martacambro.bsky.social reflects on how to critically examine the processes of opinion shaping in a hybrid media system characterized by the pressure for conforming an opinion, benefiting from the normative approach of #Habermas for the public sphere. raco.cat/index.php/Qu...
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Amb Habermas i més enllà.: El rol del que és digital i el que és afectiu en la formació d’opinió pública | Quaderns del CAC
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Communication Networks & Social Change (CNSC) @cnsc-uoc.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
When does a secessionist crisis end? What drives political elites to shift from hostility to moderation? Our colleague Mariola Tàrrega, together with @danicetra.bsky.social, @diegomuro.bsky.social, and Harrison Parpillon, answer it in this new article: 🔎 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Words After the Storm: Elite Rhetoric and the Limits of De‐Escalation in Postreferendum Catalonia
When does a secessionist crisis end? What drives political elites to shift from hostility to moderation? This article examines the prospects of rhetorical de-escalation in the aftermath of a secessio....
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Communication Networks & Social Change (CNSC) @cnsc-uoc.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
New publication alert! 🚀 Juan Linares, Elena Falco and Önder Çelik, authored an article on how dominant ageist narratives about older people legitimise the introduction of technological "fixes" by corporation even when they lack sufficient support. Check it: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Lydia Gil @tusocialmedia.bsky.social · 18/10/2024
‼️La #IA generativa está reforzando estereotipos, degénero, clase social, origen y también de edad, contribuyendo a la discriminación y estigmatización de los colectivos más desfavorecidos.‼️ ✍️ Andrea Rosales y Juan Linares-Lanzman comein.uoc.edu/divulgacio/c...
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Communication Networks & Social Change (CNSC) @cnsc-uoc.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
New publication alert! 🤩 The article 'The Long and Winding Road: Policy Frictions and the Governance of Ride-Hailing Platforms in Latin America, by our colleague @ronsnzl.bsky.social, is now out! Check it out here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #Policy #Platforms #LatinAmerica #Mobility
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Latin American Policy | PSO Journal | Wiley Online Library
The rise of ride-hailing platforms has profoundly transformed urban mobility in Latin America over the past decade. Transportation Network Companies such as Uber, DiDi, Cabify, InDrive, and others op...
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Communication Networks & Social Change (CNSC) @cnsc-uoc.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
📢 Call for Participation | Barcelona Summer School 2026 Shaping AI for Inclusion Dates: 15–17 July 2026. Are you working in the intersection between AI and the social, ethical, and political challenges it poses? We invite you to submit your abstract by 10 March 2026! anyage.ai/article/shap...
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Any Age AI - Algorithmic Fairness in Ageing Societies
Any Age AI promotes inclusive approaches to build non-discriminatory, transparent and fair AI applications.
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Communication Networks & Social Change (CNSC) @cnsc-uoc.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Did you already you know @tecnopolitica.bsky.social? It is a unit connected to CNSC's Democracy and Technopolitics line research. It is a collaborative space for sharing knowledge and practices among academia, social movements, and new democratic institutions. Website: www.tecnopolitica.net
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Communication Networks & Social Change (CNSC) @cnsc-uoc.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
New Publications Alert! 🤩 Check out these three papers recently published out of the #AgingInData project. All of them highlight the need to deconstruct ageist biases when conducting research on digital behaviour 👴 👩‍🦳 🤳 ⚖️
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Communication Networks & Social Change (CNSC) @cnsc-uoc.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
🤳Jornada participativa sobre estereotips i bretxa digital. Compartirem els resultats de l'estudi #Vellisme: Estereotips edatistes i el cercle viciós de l'exclusió digital a Espanya, que vol combatre l'edatisme digital. 11/12 10:15h Palau Macaya (Bcn) Inscripcions: symposium.uoc.edu/go/bretxa-di...
Jornada participativa Estereotips i bretxa digital. Presentació de l'estudi Edatisme digital: Estereotips edatistes i el cercle viciós de l'exclusió digital a Espanya. 11 desembre, 10:15h, Palau Macaya. Financiat per Fundació laCaixa. CNSC. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
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Communication Networks & Social Change (CNSC) @cnsc-uoc.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
More info about our key projects! 🤳 How are political parties, activists, leaders, and citizens in general, adopting new digital tools, especially social media? We answer these questions in the project The Digitalization of Politics: Citizens and Political Parties. Spain in Comparative Perspective.
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Communication Networks & Social Change (CNSC) @cnsc-uoc.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Contractes de recerca postdoctorals de tres anys a la UOC. Vols fer la teva recerca amb nosaltres? El termini per enviar sol·licituds és el 16 de desembre del 2025. Contacte: rborge@uoc.edu Més informació: www.uoc.edu/portal/en/ri...
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Communication Networks & Social Change (CNSC) @cnsc-uoc.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Let us introduce some of our key projects! We start with those that examine the intersection between Aging, Data, and AI, an increasingly relevant topic in our datafied and aging societies.
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Home - Aging in Data
Aging in Data is a research project that explores how an era of unprecedented digital data-gathering impacts and governs how we grow old in our communities.
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Communication Networks & Social Change (CNSC) @cnsc-uoc.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
1/3 Hello, world! 👋 We're thrilled to introduce our research group to the Bluesky community! 🔎📲📚​ We produce knowledge with and for civil society, always upholding high academic standards, to actively contribute to tackle inequalities, discrimination, and sociopolitical crises.
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