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Riccardo Pronzato @riccardopronzato.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

A piece I co-authored, alongside Veronica Moretti and Annalisa Plava, was published today in "Emotions & Society". 📙 It presents an art-based method to explore healthcare professionals’ emotional labour and resilience strategies in practice. 🎨 🥼 If you can’t access the article, drop me a line!

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Riccardo Pronzato @riccardopronzato.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Last week I was at the #DAMSLab (@unibo.it) for the Italian conference #ScreenCultures2026 🤸 I presented a contribution of the colonization of time by digital platforms and the discussion was exactly what one hopes for on such occasions, i.e., rich and full of insights. 🍇 Thank you all!🍀

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Riccardo Pronzato @riccardopronzato.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Amazing news from the office. I obtained the Italian National Scientific Qualification (ASN) required for appointment as Associate Professor in Italian Universities (area: Sociology of cultural and communication processes). The evaluating committee unanimously approved my eligibility. 🪁

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Riccardo Pronzato @riccardopronzato.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Sketches from the amazing VI #ILIS International Conference in #Naples 🪢 My highlights? A plenary lecture by @dalupton.bsky.social #richardrogers #nickcouldry and @annettemarkham.bsky.social, the intervention by @tbonini.bsky.social and the panel co-organised with #ElisabettaRisi. Thank you.🍀

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Riccardo Pronzato @riccardopronzato.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Snapshots from The Skagen Institute meeting on Transgressive Methods hosted by the Futures + Literacies + Methods Lab #FLL in Utrecht (26-27 February). I was one of the facilitators of the ‘Workshop on Workshopping’. It was a real honour. Thanks all.🍀

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Riccardo Pronzato @riccardopronzato.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

I just spent 2 intense and stimulating days at #Medemap final conference in Rome 🗺️ I presented a paper - written with Ana Kubrusly and published in #Societies - on a set of literacy initiatives to put critical pedagogy into practices into datafied societies. 📎 A big thanks to the organizers!🍀

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Riccardo Pronzato @riccardopronzato.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

I co-authored an article with #MassimilianoRaffa on #PopularMusic @universitypress.cambridge.org 🥁 We trace the social life of a platform-optimised song, investigating the network of human and non-human relations that contribute to its circulation. Hope you enjoy the read! 📗 tinyurl.com/3aw8nx67

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Riccardo Pronzato @riccardopronzato.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

The week begins with some good news. You can find my new #openaccess article in Social Theory & Health.🧬 Enjoy reading! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Riccardo Pronzato @riccardopronzato.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

On Saturday morning, I had the pleasure and honor of speaking at the #FestivaldellaSociologia (Narni, TR). We discussed how social theory is being reshaped by algorithms and AI with Edmondo Grassi and Simone D'Alessandro, chaired by Luca Corchia. Many thanks to the audience and the organizers!🍀

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Riccardo Pronzato @riccardopronzato.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Ana Kubrusly and I co-authored an article that is currently out in the journal #Societies 🚀 In this #openaccess piece, we show how critical pedagogical approaches can be embedded into research and teaching practices to promote critical digital literacy. 💡 📲 www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/15...

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Riccardo Pronzato @riccardopronzato.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

My article "Algorithmic selfing: An existential media analysis of time and identity" is now available in #NewMedia&Society. 🔷 Here is the link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 📲 If you can’t access it but want a preprint, feel free to ping me! 📩

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Riccardo Pronzato @riccardopronzato.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

A few years ago, the boy who was taking his first steps as a university student could not really understand but only imagine this moment. Today I officially began a new position as Tenure Track Researcher at the Faculty of Communication of the IULM University in Milan. Grateful, excited, happy.

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Riccardo Pronzato @riccardopronzato.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Yesterday I started a two-week visiting period at the Centre For Medical Science and Technology Studies #MeST of the #UniversityofCopenhagen. I'm incredibly honoured to be here and I look forward to giving my talk next Thursday. And a big thank to #ESHMS for the travel grant!

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Riccardo Pronzato @riccardopronzato.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

The #STSItalia conference was a great chance to reconnect with terrific scholars and people I admire. 🎡 I was glad to present two contributions about: i. the social narratives and forms of trust around AI in healthcare; ii. an ethnographic account of the production of an AI-powered chatbot.

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Riccardo Pronzato @riccardopronzato.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

🗓️ TODAY, 22 April 2025 | 💻 Online 🔗 RSVP: lnkd.in/d683_iZb Today at 4pm (UK time, UTC+2) I will be one of the speakers at this great workshop organized by Ana Hermeto Kubrusly and Natalie Coulter. Perfect for a soft but inspiring comeback from the Easter break!

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Riccardo Pronzato @riccardopronzato.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

First post? #dissemination It was beautiful to speak at the panel on #algorithms and #AI organized for the "Week of Scientific Culture", Agrigento Italian Capital of Culture ☄️ It wouldn't have been possible without the efforts of the organizers, speakers, staff and students involved! Thank you! ✨

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Riccardo Pronzato @riccardopronzato.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Hello world! I just defeated my laziness to open a new social profile and so here I am, ready to talk about humans and algorithms and the mess within and around them. 🤖

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