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This essay aims at showing the results of an analysis concerning communication on social networks by focusing on the collection of comments related to the pandemic. The analysis describes the structure of the communication, showing the presence of parallel communities and the different configuration of relational dynamics, selected contents, flows of communication, category of users and language. Complex network structures are identified branching from keywords like no-mask, covid-19, greenpass. Further attention is paid to the connection between online communication and the triggering of protests.

[EN] This paper analyses the content of Twitter’s comments during the period covering the last European elections. "#immigrants" is the extraction’s keyword in different national languages. With the exception of English and French, whose extraction would be misleading, all of the other languages have been chosen to catch the geographical area of reference. We made sure to extract at least two sentences for each Welfare area. Once the data have been extracted, three different strategies have been used. The first one, dealing with both a qualitative and a quantitative assessment; the second one, analysing automatically the content of the top 10 extracted tweets during the reference period and the third one based on network analysis. Through a deep analysis of the content, three clusters have been identified: the first one dealing with the cultural risks of multiculturalism; the second one (social risks) dealing with the fear of migrants stealing job vacancies and the third one dealing with economic risks. A deep network analysis of Italian and Spanish contexts follows. What emerges is that: communication is extremely heterogeneous; in Italy there unique and duplicated edges prevails; in Spain there are more groups than in Italy, more themes covered and different kind of users and nets.

This study proposes an analysis on the theme of gender differences with respect to participation in political and social life. Specifically, it takes into account the findings of traditional, revisionist and radical studies, proposing an updated and gender sensitive interpretation. In this way, we can distinguish between cause, civic and campaign oriented forms of participation, selecting among the different types and classifications proposed by studies oriented to the analysis of female involvement. The hypotheses proposed refer to the possible effects of the availability of resources (time, money, education), socialization (children, marriage, religion, divorce), motivations (trust, self-direction, information) and values (materialist, solidal, liberalist ethics). Moreover, the dynamics linked to opportunities and contextual constraints are kept under control, specifically linked to welfare policies and availability of resources to guarantee equity. A further hypothesis concerns effects that discriminate not only with respect to gender but also with reference to the mechanisms of mobilization. The analyses, carried out with data from the wave 2018 of the European Social Survey, demonstrate the substantial validity of the hypotheses and, in particular, differences emerge with respect to the type of participation and strong impact of contextual dynamics. Finally, partial confirmations of differences in mobilisation mechanisms with respect to gender emerge., SocietàMutamentoPolitica, Vol 11, N° 22 (2020): che Genere di partecipazione?

Defining the boundaries of tourism destinations has been long recognised as a problem in tourism research. The authors aim to define the spatial configuration of tourism areas including different destinations within a same region. Tourist mobility is employed as a methodological criterion to reveal the network relationships among destinations and explain how tourism areas are being shaped and reshaped. The study combines Network Analysis methods and multinomial logistic regression models, in an approach to processing the data of a sampling survey, carried out in Sicily. The results show that the network structures among destinations affect the shape and dimension of tourism areas. Useful evidence for the spatial planning of tourism regions and destination management strategies are derived.

This paper proposes an innovative methodological approach to measure sociometric status in small groups of pupils. Although it uses indirect data collected by interview, in this study the sociometric status is analysed by direct observation. This method is specifically suitable when the target population concerns pre-school children. Their cognitive competence, in fact, is not as well developed as their relational abilities. Hence, the indicators constructed are more reliable than the measures derived by the subjective perception of interviewed pupils. The Network Analysis methods allow for the definition of sociometric status by means of regular equivalence. Employing lambda sets and cliques, then, we specify further roles into distinctive small groups. The results show that sociometric status can be revealed by regular equivalence. Besides, the Network Analysis approach allows for the observation of further relational skills, not strictly associated with traditional social roles, detectable only through lambda sets and cliques.

This article aims to define tourism networks analyzing tourist mobility between destinations. The study adopts network analysis methods, testing a data processing strategy that combines descriptive measurements and clustering tools. A segmentation approach has been employed to investigate differences or similarities between the trip-related attributes of tourists within networks. Data are from a sampling survey carried out on tourists’ visit in Sicily. The results show that the tourist choice defined the role of a destination as “central” or “peripheral” within a network. Tourists build their own networks around nodal destinations, even if they are geographically distant. Thus, tourist mobility affects the shape, the dimension, and the structure of the networks, where tourists are different for characteristics, trip-related behaviors, and type of holiday chosen. The study provides some evidence that can be useful for planning tourism facilities, managing tourism routes, and defining destination management strategies.

This study shows the linkage between political and social participation, underlining the relevance of the motivational sphere. The aim is to evaluate politically relevant social capital by adopting a relational perspective and ego-network measures, so that we can understand the interdependence between cognitive maps, motivational factors and relational dimension, both in qualitative and quantitative dimensions.

Struttura del territorio e comportamento elettorale Primarie ed esito elettorale La funzione politica delle primarie: quale rilevanza? Misure sintetiche per l'analisi comparativa degli aggregati territoriali Le elezioni primarie nei comuni della Sicilia: la localizzazione del voto La relazione tra primarie ed elezioni regionali: il quoziente di ubicazione La territorializzazione della dinamica politica

The spatial distribution of tourists is uneven and it can include some areas at regional and/or sub-regional level. The social–economic and environmental impacts of tourism, are concentrated in different areas. Some recent contributions show the usefulness and the effectiveness of network analysis (NA) approach in revising the organization of tourist facilities and services. This paper proposes to apply methods borrowed from NA to map the spatial distribution of tourism mobility in Sicily. So, we analyze the network features of tourism in a multi-destinations net. By means of traditional measures of NA, we propose to measure the links among destinations. The study aims to connect destinations, represented as nodes, to define a territorial network of tourism demand. In the specific instance, the degree centrality, closeness centrality, betweenness centrality are used to localize central areas and the main routes. We test survey data collected on a sample of tourists leaving from airports and ports of the main Sicilian cities, who visited two destinations at least. Then, we study tourism mobility on those areas selected by tourists. Finally, employing measures derived from NA, the work attempts to set out territorial networks. This approach could be useful to plane tourism development policies.

L’alto grado di mobilitazione è il vero elemento di novità e di interesse delle primarie dell’Unione. Se è vera l’ipotesi che esse abbiano coinvolto una quota di elettori, al di là delle capacità di mobilitazione delle strutture di partito e collaterali, è verosimile considerare l’elevata affluenza come espressione della volontà di ‘sentirsi parte’ di un progetto politico o quantomeno di manifestare approvazione verso questa nuova modalità di coinvolgimento. I non iscritti e i non attivisti hanno avuto, sicuramente, bisogno di un surplus di motivazione per sostenere i costi di una doppia partecipazione (alle primarie ed alle elezioni formali). Nell’incertezza sul grado di affluenza alle primarie del 16 ottobre e nella convinzione che queste avrebbero coinvolto soprattutto gli elettori più attivi e a diverso titolo impegnati politicamente, abbiamo predisposto un questionario da somministrare all’uscita del seggio elettorale, dopo avere espletato tutte le procedure di voto. Le dimensioni prese in considerazione si possono associare sulla base di due interessi conoscitivi fondamentali: uno, relativo alle dimensioni qualitative e quantitative della partecipazione; l’altro, relativo alle motivazioni soggettive ed al significato attribuito alle primarie. Scopo dell’indagine, con tutti i limiti derivanti da un progetto ambizioso e dall’utilizzo di una modalità di rilevazione poco controllabile, è stato quello di approfondire la conoscenza dei partecipanti alle primarie nazionali anche se, a giudizio di chi scrive, la tipologia di elettori emersa dal nostro lavoro di ricerca è, verosimilmente, solo in parte estensibile a primarie di livello inferiore dotate di una più elevata competitività, nella misura in cui sifronteggiano solo due candidati di peso più o meno pari. In questi casi, la motivazione a partecipare perde il contenuto solidaristico e le primarie recuperano il senso proprio di strumento di selezione del candidato.