Welcome,
I am Luca, PhD student at the School for Mass Communication Research, KU Leuven (BE), where I am part of the ERC project MIMIc. Currently, I am visiting fellow at the Harvard Department of Sociology and Affiliated with the Weatherhead Research Cluster on Comparative Inequalities and Inclusion.
My work revolves around the production and consumption of success narratives in popular culture, with a specific focus on music, and their effects on adolescents’ mental health.
I work at the intersection of cultural sociology (cultural objects, symbolic boundaries), media psychology (entertainment, framing), social and media theory (resonance, intersectionality, narrative persuasion). Currently, I mostly employ quantitative and computational methods (e.g., SEM, FA, computational text analysis, social network analysis). In my previous research, I also employed historico-archival (with digital and library material) and impact evaluation methodologies (e.g., diff-in-diff).
I also conduct research on social and communication theory (e.g., resonance, forms of culture), events (e.g., Eurovision), online cultures (e.g., conspiracy theories, sexual infidelity, videogames), positive digital communication among youths (e.g., digital balance, digital flourishing), and methodological advancements (e.g., scale development, social network analysis, computational text analysis).
PhD student in Communication Science, 2020 - in progress
KU Leuven school for Mass Communication
Research MSc in Sociology, 2017 - 2019
Tilburg University
BSc in Sociology, 2014 - 2017
University of Trento