Marco Mazzoni

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About Marco Mazzoni

Marco Mazzoni is a Professor of Sociology of Communication at the Department of Political Science, University of Perugia. He teaches courses on "Mass Communication" and "Lobbying and Public Relations" as part of the Communication Sciences program. His primary research interests include Journalism, Mass media systems, Political communication, Corruption, and Theories of lobbying and public relations. Mazzoni serves as the Principal Investigator of the research project "SOcial media and civic Mobilization as MOnitoring toolS in the SociAl construction of corruption"(SOMMOSSA), funded by PRIN PNRR. Additionally, he leads the Perugia unit of the research project "Fandom democracy? Celebrity and new forms of citizens' engagement," funded by MUR-PRIN 2022. Mazzoni has presented papers at major national and international conferences, including the Society Italy Political Science Conference (SISP), Italian Association of Sociology Conference (AIS), Conference of the American Political Science Association (APSA), European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), International Association Communication (ICA), European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), and European Sociological Association (ESA). His articles have been published in prestigious academic journals such as The International Journal of Press/Politics, European Journal of Communication, Journalism, Journalism Studies, Celebrity Studies, Journalism Practice, International Journal of Cultural Studies, European Journal of Cultural Studies, Sociologica, POLIS, International Journal of Strategic Communication, and Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly,