I wrote about why we should understand the metaverse hype cycle as a dress rehearsal for the generative AI hype cycle www.fastcompany.com/91467599/met...

What was the metaverse?

Mark Zuckerberg effectively declared its death last December. But the delusional fervor it inspired lives on.

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☀️ U T O P I A N ☀️ M E D I A ☀️ S T U D I E S ☀️ I am so proud of this work w/ Convergence. Kemper & I make the argument that many media scholars use utopian approaches in their research. But we just need to reflect on how to do it together, and do it well. journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....

"Sentirsi. Un'antropologia dello smartphone", scritto da me e da Massimo Cerulo Per dare un'occhiata: www.mulino.it/isbn/9788815... #libri #novitàinlibreria #nuoveuscitemusicali

It was great to see everyone at Communication History Division panels throughout #ICA26 at Cape Town! Everyone shared so much excellent work and discussion throughout the week, and we hope you made a few new friendships, too.

Dearest Communication History Division members, Don't forget to add to your #ICA26 schedules our joint reception (following the division business meeting) with our friends in Media Industry Studies and ICA Communication Law and Policy (@ica-clp.bsky.social). Safe travels to Cape Town.✌️✈️

Antes de la revuelta francesa, la palabra implicaba un movimiento de los cuerpos celestes con algún tipo de retorno. Ahora fue captada por el mercado para imponer productos nuevos. cenital.com/revolucion-u... via @cenital.com

Revolución, una palabra vaciada de sentido | Cenital

Antes de la revuelta francesa, la palabra implicaba un movimiento de los cuerpos celestes con algún tipo de retorno. Ahora fue captada por el mercado.

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The executive team of the Communication History Division (CHD) is pleased to present our program (below) for the upcoming 76th Annual ICA (@icahdq.bsky.social) Conference, Communication and Inequalities in Context.

"Digital Roots: Historicizing #Media and #Communication Concepts of the Digital Age" edited by: Gabriele Balbi, Nelson Ribeiro, Valérie Schafer and Christian Schwarzenegger #OpenAccess: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

USI's New Rectorate Team Takes Shape Starting 1 February 2026, the new Rectorate team at Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) will take office, coordinated by Interim Rector Gabriele Balbi. www.usi.ch/en/node/34044

USI's New Rectorate Team Takes Shape

Starting 1 February 2026, the new Rectorate team at Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) will take office, coordinated by Interim Rector Gabriele Balbi. The new Rectorate brings together establish...

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Maybe a good place to start. _The Digital Revolution: A Short History of an Ideology_ by Gabriele Balbi global.oup.com/academic/pro...

"Toward a media maintenance approach (MEMA): Maintenance as a theoretical tool for media studies” written by @riccardoferrigato.bsky.social and myself Maintenance is not (only) about technology and can be helpulf to different media scholars. Agree? journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Toward a media maintenance approach (MEMA): Maintenance as a theoretical tool for media studies - Riccardo Ferrigato, Gabriele Balbi, 2025

This paper introduces and discusses a theoretical approach for media scholars: the media maintenance approach (MEMA). Maintenance is not a new subject of study ...

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New publication alert just in time for #ICA25 panels on the "Global Media and Internet Concentration Project" #GMICP Change and resilience in Swiss newspapers and broadcasting, 2002 and 2022: Towards a critique of media concentration indices revistas.unav.edu/index.php/co... @icahdq.bsky.social

✍️ sabato 10 maggio, h 18:00, Aula magna, USI Campus Ovest Lugano Nell'ambito della giornata di porte aperte UniVerso, USI invita all'aperitivo scientifico con l'astrofisica Edwige Pezzulli e lo storico Jonas Marti moderato dal Prof. @gabrielebalbi.bsky.social www.usi.ch/it/feeds/31738

Da dove veniamo? Ce lo racconteranno Edwige Pezzulli e Jonas Marti

Sabato 10 maggio, sul Campus Ovest dell’Università della Svizzera italiana, si terrà UniVerso, una giornata di porte aperte dedicata al grande pubblico. Un'occasione per scoprire, attraverso attività ...

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Why do we confuse the "Internet" with the "Web"? And how was this confusion addressed at @cern.bsky.social ? Paper co-authored with the #WWWHistory Project @snf-fns-ch.bsky.social team: Deborah Barcella, @fandomistheanswer.bsky.social, and Martin Fomasi. journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....

Tre nuovi progetti USI, finanziati dal programma Agora del Fondo Nazionale, che promuovono il dialogo tra scienza e società. @gabrielebalbi.bsky.social @robertominelli.com @paolotonella.bsky.social @snsf-ch.bsky.social 👉 www.usi.ch/it/feeds/31432

L'USI protagonista del dialogo tra scienza e società con tre nuovi progetti FNS Agora

L’Università della Svizzera italiana rafforza il suo impegno nella comunicazione della scienza grazie a tre nuovi progetti finanziati nell’ambito del programma Agora del Fondo nazionale svizzero (FNS)...

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Here it is! The Italian companion to Media Studies edited by @gabrielebalbi.bsky.social, @fcomun.bsky.social, @michelesorice.bsky.social and Francesca Pasquali 🤩 Featuring the chapter on Gender and Media Studies written by @fcomun.bsky.social and me

Esce “Studiare i media”. 44 autrici e autori di varie università italiane e straniere si confrontano con varie prospettive disciplinari e alcune parole chiave della nostra contemporaneità mediale. Indice e colleghe e colleghi coinvolti qui: www.carocci.it/prodotto/stu...

It was a pleasure to organize the @ecrea.bsky.social Communication History Workshop “Communication Networks Before and After the Web”, hosted at @cern.bsky.social More details indico.cern.ch/event/142213... Founded by @snf-ch.bsky.social #ECREA #CERN #SNSF #CommunicationHistory #WorldWideWeb