Gabriella Punziano

Reframing Data Governance in the Third Sector

Giovanni A. Forte, Gabriella Punziano, Rosa Sorrentino

The Third Sector remains structurally underrepresented in data infrastructures and public policy knowledge frameworks. This chapter develops a theoretical reflection on the epistemic and governance challenges generated by fragmented, obsolete, and non-interoperable data concerning third-sector organizations. Drawing on sociological theory, digital governance …

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Algorithmic Counter-Narratives on Naples’ Touristification

Gabriella Punziano, Suania Acampa, Federica Palmieri

This article examines the algorithmic construction and dissemination of counter-narratives regarding touristification in the city of Naples, Italy. In recent years, Naples has experienced a dramatic increase in tourist flows, driven by low-cost mobility, short-term rentals, and the algorithmic amplification of urban …

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Data, Society and Sustainability in a Digital World: Epistemological, Methodological and Governance Challenges

Gabriella Punziano, Marina Marino

Agency in social media platforms: the role of capitals and literacies under algorithmic environments

Gabriella Punziano, Domenico Trezza

This article examines how users develop adaptive forms of agency within algorithmically driven social media platforms. Building on the literature on digital capital and digital literacies, it proposes an integrated framework to analyse how resources and forms of awareness combine in shaping …

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Elicitation as challenge in social research: evolution, frontiers and perspective

Noemi Crescentini, Gabriella Punziano

This article provides a critical review of the practice of elicitation in contemporary qualitative research, focusing on its methodological and epistemological implications. The study is based on a systematic literature review conducted according to the PRISMA protocol and supplemented by a multilevel …

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The Evolution of Ethnography in Social Sciences: The Role of the Researcher Between Traditional and New Approaches

Gabriella Punziano, Noemi Crescentini, Giuseppe Michele Padricelli

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Rethinking Social Science Epistemological Debate in the AI Era

Gabriella Punziano

This chapter explores the transformative impact of generative artificial intelligence on social research epistemology, proposing adaptive epistemology as a new framework. Moving beyond traditional paradigms, adaptive epistemology recognizes knowledge as emergent, co-constructed, and situated within socio-technical ecosystems where human and non-human agents …

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Cultural Consumption in the Age of TikTok. Algorithmic Infrastructures and Popular Practices

Adam Arvidsson, Alessandro Gandini, Massimo Airoldi, Alessandro Caliandro et autres

In recent years platforms and their algorithms have taken on a more intense function in structuring tastes and desires across many fields: at the same time, their growing diffusion and importance has greatly extended the scope of platformization, making platforms relevant to …

Adaptive Epistemology: Embracing Generative AI as a Paradigm Shift in Social Science

Gabriella Punziano

This paper examines the epistemological transformation prompted by the integration of generative artificial intelligence technologies into social science research, proposing the “adaptive epistemology” paradigm. In today’s post-digital era—characterized by pervasive infrastructures and non-human agents endowed with generative capabilities—traditional research approaches have become …

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Overtourism in the Digital Age: A Content Analysis of TikTok Digital Narratives on Naples

Gabriella Punziano, Giuseppe Aliperti, Antonio Vettori

This study explores how the phenomenon of overtourism is represented, constructed, and at times obscured within digital narratives on TikTok, focusing specifically on the case of the city of Naples. Through a qualitative content analysis conducted on 300 videos, the research explores …

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Post-Digital Data-Gathering and the Adaptive Epistemological Framework: Navigating the Human-Algorithm-Platform Nexus

Giuseppe Michele Padricelli, Gabriella Punziano, Acampa Suania

In the post-digital condition, where the digital is no longer a separate domain but the pervasive environment of social life, this article addresses the methodological and epistemological challenges of studying human-algorithm-platform interactions. Digital platforms are understood as socio-technical systems that mediate user …

Sport in the periphery: public space and private capital. The case of Scampia

Gabriella Punziano, Francesco Calicchia, Maria Capuano, Giuseppe Coppola

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