Alberto Acerbi
@acerbialberto.com
I am an associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Research at the University of Trento (Italy): cognitive anthropology / cultural evolution / digital media / cultural analytics More info in the pinned post.
Behavioural policy relies on social transmission—but how do different social learning mechanisms perform? Paper by @gaveltri.bsky.social & @acerbialberto.com examines four canonical social learning rules, and argues diffusion should be part of behavioural policy making: buff.ly/cbyAnuD
I never mentioned this, most of my followers are academics: Technopanic was not written for you! I wrote it so that people outside academia could engage with the evidence, rather than having it filtered through news headlines. Pass it on to your friends! mybook.to/technopanic
Technopanic: How Justified Are Our Fears About Digital Media?
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I am definitely applying! But, seriously, you should.
Oleg Sobchuk 🇺🇦@sobchuk.bsky.social · last mo.📣 I'm hiring! Two positions (PhD student & Postdoc) in my ERC project Macroevolution of European Literature. Let's study the cultural evolution of literature using massive data 📚📈 📍Frankfurt | Apply by August 15 Details: www.aesthetics.mpg.de/en/career/jo... Please repost to help spread the word!
Bravi cultural analytics students! Here a Pudding-style visualisation made (voluntarily!) for a final project. Italian political parties use a populistic language when they are at opposition, but not when at government. website2-tawny-nine.vercel.app
I link della settimana (#144) open.substack.com/pub/albertoa...
I link della settimana (#144)
(i) Divination by Prompt: LLM-Mediated Xuanxue on Chinese Social Media. La prima frase dell’abstract: “The rapid proliferation of large language models (LLMs) has produced a striking cultural practice...
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In episode 1207, I talk with Dr. Alberto Acerbi (@acerbialberto.com) about his fascinating new book, Technopanic: How Justified Are Our Fears About Digital Media? #Psychology #Sociology #Science youtu.be/D6NLQjxIjps
#1207 Alberto Acerbi: Digital Media, Between Reasonable Caution and Unjustified Fears
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Reading @stevestuwill.bsky.social and it seems quite moderate to me (but ofc I am not exactly the average reader). Really many sociologists/socio-cultural anthropologists would disagree? I would think a small percentage...
Looking forward to be in Toulouse next week, talking about "The cultural ecology of social media", and meeting people at IAST. Thank you for inviting me! www.iast.fr/seminars/202...
The cultural ecology of social media
Alberto Acerbi (University of Trento), “The cultural ecology of social media”, IAST General Seminar, Toulouse: IAST, June 16, 2026, 11:30–12:30, room Auditorium 5 (Second floor - TSE Building).
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Preprint of my "Cultural Evolution" entry for a forthcoming Elgar Encyclopaedia of Analytical Sociology. I tried to be as ecumenical as possible - feedback welcome! osf.io/preprints/so...
"The Cultural Ecology of Social Media" is finally out! This article put together a series of thoughts I had in the past years, and that found a productive theoretical background in the ecological approach to culture developed by Baumard and André. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The Cultural Ecology of Social Media | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core
The Cultural Ecology of Social Media
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Non-amazon links for "Technopanic" For paperback to US/UK: shop.ingramspark.com/b/084 For paperback and ebook and all other destinations: kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...
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In a week (Thursday 4 June) I'll be in Napoli talking about "Social influence in the digital age". Pass by if you are around! www.cnr.it/it/eventi/al...
Two English-language resources if you are interested in Technopanic (released on Monday) mybook.to/technopanic
Technopanic: How Justified Are Our Fears About Digital Media?
Read it now
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Today is Technopanic publication day! I have many things to say about it (and I will in the next weeks) but for now: the Kindle edition costs as much as a coffee (or two espresso in Italy…), so no excuse not to grab a copy and judge for yourself. -->
Technopanic is out in exactly one week! May 25th will be the official release date. Available for preorder www.amazon.co.uk/Technopanic-...
Technopanic: How Justified Are Our Fears About Digital Media? eBook : Acerbi, Alberto: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
Technopanic: How Justified Are Our Fears About Digital Media? eBook : Acerbi, Alberto: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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Trying to do a table comparing effect sizes of content determinants of engagement in social media, but I am realising that that would require another full paper. Does something like that exist? If not, contact me if you would like to write such a paper :)
Looking forward to host Alex Bentley in two weeks (see details below). Some more cultural evolution in Trento! "Collaborators through Time: How Humans Partnered with Nature, Technology, and Each Other"
Kindle version of Technopanic already available for preorder! And at a bargain price... $4.00 / €3.47 / £3.00 www.amazon.co.uk/Technopanic-...
Technopanic: How Justified Are Our Fears About Digital Media?
Technopanic: How Justified Are Our Fears About Digital Media? eBook : Acerbi, Alberto: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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