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PILATI FEDERICO

Role
Research fellow  
Academic disciplines
General Sociology (SPS/07)

Biography

Federico Pilati is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Milano-Bicocca.

He obtained an European Doctorate from IULM University in Milan, defending a thesis titled "One Pandemic, Many Controversies. Mapping the COVID-19 'Infodemic' via Digital Methods". Throughout his doctoral studies, he has been involved in establishing the Infodemic Observatory, a project co-funded by the Bruno Kessler Foundation and the World Health Organization.

As a researcher, he took part in three Horizon projects, inDICEsEUMEPLAT, and INTERFACED, the EMIF-funded project UnMiSSeD, and the Future Artificial Intelligence Research partnership within NRRP. He has also been a visiting scholar at the Center for Internet and Society at CNRS in Paris and at the Medialab of the University of Geneva.

Publications

  • Pilati, F., Sacco, P., Scianna, M., Artime, O. (2025). The broadcasting trap: TikTok and the “democratization” of digital content production. HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES COMMUNICATIONS, 12(1) [10.1057/s41599-025-04797-w]. Detail

  • Pilati, F., Luigi Sacco, P., Artime, O. (2025). Mass collaboration or curatorship? The functioning of Wikipedia needs both. ONLINE INFORMATION REVIEW, 49(8), 122-133 [10.1108/OIR-10-2023-0515]. Detail

  • Pilati, F., Houssard, A., Sacco, P. (2025). Mirroring the inequalities of mainstream music platforms: popularity, revenue, and monetization strategies on Bandcamp. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CULTURAL POLICY, 31(3), 338-357 [10.1080/10286632.2024.2356169]. Detail

  • Pilati, F., Tartari, M., Houssard, A., Sacco, P. (2024). From fandoms to heritage. Understanding fanfiction forums as Digital Heritage Communities. CONVERGENCE [10.1177/13548565241302245]. Detail

  • Pilati, F., Venturini, T., Sacco, P., Gargiulo, F. (2024). Pseudo-scientific versus anti-scientific online conspiracism: A comparison of the Flat Earth Society’s Internet forum and Reddit. NEW MEDIA & SOCIETY [10.1177/14614448241252593]. Detail