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PAOLO MAGAUDDA

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Position

Professore Associato

Structure

Dipartimento di Filosofia, Sociologia, Pedagogia e Psicologia Applicata - FISPPA

Address

VIA M. CESAROTTI, 10/12 - PADOVA

Telephone

049-8274332

E-mail

paolo.magaudda@unipd.it

Paolo Magaudda is Associate Professor of Sociology of Culture and Communication at the University of Padova (Italy), where he is part of the PaSTIS research unit within the Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology (FISPPA).Since 2025, he has served as Head of the PhD Programme in Social Sciences at the University of Padova.

His research focuses on the intersections between culture, technology, and society, with interests spanning science and technology studies, media studies, cultural sociology, consumer culture, and sound studies. His recent books include 'Platformed! How Streaming, Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence Are Shaping Music Cultures' (with T. Bonini, Palgrave, 2024), 'Young People and the Smartphone: Everyday Life on the Small Screen' (with M. Druisian and M. Scarcelli, Palgrave, 2022), and 'History of Digital Media' (with G. Balbi, Routledge, 2018).

He was Co-Editor-in-Chief of “Studi Culturali” (Il Mulino) from 2019 to 2024, and previously co-founded and co-edited Tecnoscienza: Italian Journal of Science and Technology Studies (2010–2019). He serves on the International Advisory Board of “Dancecult” and the Editorial Board of “Sociologica” (University of Bologna Press). From 2013 to 2018, he was Secretary of STS Italia, the Italian Society for the Social Study of Science and Technology. Since 2025, he has been a member of the Sociology working group of the publisher Il Mulino for the selection of book publications. Since 2021, he also worked as an panel expert for the European Commission within the Horizon research frameworks. In 2020 he has been awarded the National Scientific habilitation as “Full Professor” in Cultural Sociology (area 14/C2).

Notices

Office hours

  • Tuesday from 14:00 to 16:00
    at Via Cesarotti, 10-12, Piano 2, Stanza 6.
    Il ricevimento avviene su appuntamento (scrivendo una mail al docente), in presenza in via Cesarotti 10-12, oppure in modalità online, attraverso Zoom. *** Office hours are by appointment only (email the teacher), in person or online via Zoom

Teachings

Publications

BOOKS

(2023) La musica nell'epoca digitale, Bologna, Il Mulino (con T. Bonini).
(2022) Young People and the Smartphone, London, Palgrave (with M. Drusian and C.M.Scarcelli)(2021) Media digitali: La storia, i contesti sociali, le narrazioni, Bari, Laterza (con G. Balbi)(2020) Studi sociali sulla scienza e la tecnologia, Bologna, Il Mulino (edited with F. Neresini)
(2021) Media digitali: La storia, i contesti sociali, le narrazioni, Bari, Laterza (con G. Balbi)
(2020) I colori della sociologia, Firenze, Giunti-Treccani (con A. Bruni)
(2019) Vite interconnesse: Pratiche digitali attraverso app, smartphone e piattaforme online, Milano, Mimesis (con M. Drusian, C.M. Scarcelli)
(2018) History of Digital Media. A Global and Intermedia Perspective, London, Routledge (with G. Balbi).
(2018) Fallimenti digitali. Un’archeologia dei “nuovi” media (edited with G. Balbi), Milano, Unicopli.
(2014) Responsibility in Nanotechnology Development (edited with S. Arnaldi, A. Ferrari and F. Marin), Dordrecht, Springer.
(2014) Storia dei media digitali, Bari-Roma, Laterza (with G. Balbi)
(2014) A Matter of Design (edited with Coletta, C., Colombo, S. Mattozzi, A., Parolin, L.L. and Rampino, L.), Milano, STS Italia Publishing.
(2012) Innovazione Pop. Nanotecnologie, scienziati e invenzioni nella popular culture, Bologna, Il Mulino.
(2012) Oggetti da ascoltare. Hifi, iPod e il consumo delle tecnologie musicali, Bologna, Il Mulino.
(2011) La scienza sullo schermo. Le rappresentazioni della tecnoscienza nella televisione italiana (edited with F. Neresini), Bologna, Il Mulino.


EDITED JOURNALS' SPECIAL ISSUES

(2020) Special issue of "Tecnoscienza" (1, 11): "Tecnoscienza 10th Anniversary" (edited with A. Bruni and M. Perrotta).
(2019) Special issue of "Sociologica" (13, 3): "The Contamination of Practices. How Practice Theories Matter in Multiple Domains" (edited with E. Mora)
(2016) Double special issue, “Tecnoscienza: Italia Journal of Science & Technology Studies” 7(1) e 7(2), Digital circulation: Media, Materiality, Infrastuctures, (with G. Balbi and A. Delfanti).
(2014) Specie section of “Studi Culturali”, 11(1), Media digitali e innovazioni tecnologiche.
(2013) Special issue of “Studi Culturali”: I sound studies e lo studio delle culture sonore, 10(1) (con M. Santoro).
(2013) Special issue of “Lo Squaderno” N. 28 – Old and new music spaces (with A. Brighenti and A. Bruni).
(2012) Specie section of “JCom. Journal of Science Communication”, 11(4), Nanotechnologies and emerging cultural spaces for the public communication of science and technologies.

Research Area

- Social implications of media technologies (internet, computer, smartphones)
- Alternative and "bottom-up" forms of techno-scientific innovation
- Music phenomena in society (musical cultures, music consumption, streaming e Spotify)
- Consumption processes, fashion and subcultures
- Innovation processes, representations of technology in the public sphere and in popular culture
- Bicycle cultures, innovation in the world of cycling, cycling sports and mobility practices

Thesis proposals

STUDENTS OF "TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY"

- The dynamics of cultural consumption in the digital society (Netflix, social media, digital publishing, etc.)
- Social implications of media technologies (internet, computers, smartphones, online platforms, etc.)
- Cultural dimensions of music technologies (musical cultures, music consumption, streaming and Spotify, etc.)
- The representation of technologies in the public sphere and popular culture
- The social dimensions of bicycles and cycling mobility