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PAOLO MAGAUDDA
Position
Professore Associato
Address
VIA M. CESAROTTI, 10/12 - PADOVA
Telephone
049-8274332
Paolo Magaudda is Associate Professor in Sociology of Culture and Communication at the University of Padova (Italy), where he works with the PaSTIS Research Unit at the Department FISPPA. His main research interests regard the relationship between society, culture and technology and the principal fields are science & technology studies, media studies, consumer studies and sound studies. He teaches "Digital Innovation & Society" and "Interpersonal communication". He is also member of the board of the PhD program in "Social sciences: interactions, communication, cultural constructions".
His books includes: "A History of Digital Media. An Intermedia and Global Perspective" (with G. Balbi, Routledge, 2018), "Studi sociali sulla scienza e la tecnologia" (Il Mulino, 2020, with F. Neresini), "Vite interconnesse. Pratiche digitali attraverso app, smartphone e piattaforme online" (Meltemi, 2019, with M. Drusian and M. Scarcelli), "Fallimenti Digitali. Un’archeologia dei ‘nuovi’ media" (edited with G. Balbi, Unicopli, Milano, 2018), "Storia dei media digitali: Rivoluzioni e continuità" (with G. Balbi, Laterza, 2014), "Oggetti da ascoltare. Hifi, iPod e consumo delle tecnologie musicali" (Il Mulino, 2012); "Innovazione Pop. Nanotecnologie, scienziati e invenzioni nella popular culture" (Il Mulino, 2012), "Scienza sullo schermo" (Il Mulino, 2011, with F. Neresini).
He is co-founder and Co-editor-in-chief of the open access journal “Tecnoscienza: the Italian Journal of Science & Technology Studies”, Co-editor-in-Chief of the journal “Studi Culturali” (Il Mulino), member of the International Advisory Board of “Dancecult” (Griffith University) and Editorial Board of “Sociologica” (Unibo). From 2013 to 2018 he served as Secretary of STS Italia, the Italian Society for the Social Study of Science & Technology.
In 2020 he has been awarded the National Scientific habilitation as “Full Professor” in Cultural Sociology (area 14/C2).
Notices
Office hours
Monday from 14:30 to 16:30
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
- SOCIOLOGY OF CONSUMPTION, AA 2023 (SUQ1096520)
- TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY, AA 2023 (SUQ0090393)
- SOCIOLOGY OF CONSUMPTION, AA 2022 (SUQ1096520)
- TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY, AA 2022 (SUQ0090393)
- TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY, AA 2022 (SUQ0090393)
- TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY, AA 2022 (SUQ0090393)
- DIGITAL INNOVATION AND SOCIETY (MOD. B), AA 2021 (EPQ0090206)
- SOCIOLOGY OF CONSUMPTION, AA 2021 (SUQ1096520)
- TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY, AA 2021 (SUQ0090393)
- INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION, AA 2020 (SUP7077971)
- DIGITAL INNOVATION AND SOCIETY, AA 2020 (INQ0091101)
- DIGITAL INNOVATION AND SOCIETY, AA 2020 (INQ0091101)
- DIGITAL INNOVATION AND SOCIETY (MOD. B), AA 2020 (EPQ0090206)
- INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION, AA 2019 (SUP7077971)
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.)
- Consumption processes related to media technologies (internet, computers, smartphones, online platforms, etc.)
- Social dimensions of music technologies (musical cultures, music consumption, streaming and Spotify, etc.)
- The relationship between technologies, consumption processes, fashion and youth subcultures
- The representation of technologies in the public sphere and popular culture
- The social dimensions of bicycles and cycling
