Cognitive anthropology / cultural evolution / digital media / cultural analytics. Associate professor sociology @UniTrento - more info in the pinned tweet.
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Website: acerbialberto.com
"Cultural evolution in the digital age" (OUP): bit.ly/2McstmR
"Individual-based models of cultural evolution. A step-by-step guide using R" (Routledge): bit.ly/3MQBjT4
Substack (free - in italiano): bit.ly/3lDERMq
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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!
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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!
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May 29
"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.
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May 29
For people interested in social/digital media, it reframes a series of questions and empirical problems in a unitary theoretical framework.
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May 29
I may not be completely objective but to me it represents an important step forward after "Cultural evolution in the digital age", but have a look yourself!
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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/technop…
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May 28
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!
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May 27
Two English-language resources if you are interested in Technopanic (released on Monday)
mybook.to/technopanic
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May 27
(i) An excellent review (of the Italian version, but in English) from Nicole Bizzotto
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(ii) my chat with Ricardo @TheDissenterYT on the topic - comments on the Youtube video are a bonus :)
youtube.com/watch?v=D6NLQjxI…
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May 25
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.
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May 25
We don’t have a big publisher behind us, so it is even more important that if you like it (or if you don’t, I guess), you leave a review, post it on social media, tell friends.
Thank you all, and welcome to the world, Technopanic!
mybook.to/technopanic
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May 22
People believe that their political in-group is being targeted more by misinformation than their political out-group.
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Alberto Acerbi retweeted
May 18
I had the privilege of reading an English manuscript. This is a great book worthy of reading!
May 18
Technopanic is out in exactly one week!
May 25th will be the official release date. Available for preorder
amazon.co.uk/Technopanic-Jus…
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May 18
Technopanic is out in exactly one week!
May 25th will be the official release date. Available for preorder
amazon.co.uk/Technopanic-Jus…
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