In this timely piece, Gina Neff reflects on the tension between artificial intelligence technologies and democratic governance. Do you want to know more about this? Read this week's 'bit' and do not forget to check our latest issue here: sociologica.unibo.it/issue/view/1350

The last 'bit' from our focus 'Problems of Democracy' is a reflection on poverty and its representation in public discourse, by Pablo J. Boczkowski's. You can find this and the other pieces in Sociologica's latest issue: sociologica.unibo.it/issue/view/1350

Have you already checked our latest issue? Here is the introduction to the Focus section on Organizational Innovation, by David Stark. Find the issue here: sociologica.unibo.it/issue/view/1371

Find this interesting piece by Prof. Grabher on the platformization of industrial production in our latest issue: sociologica.unibo.it/issue/view/1371

A tasteful "bit" from our latest issue and don't forget to check out the other fascinating contributions: sociologica.unibo.it/issue/view/1371

Congrats to Benjamin Toff, Ruth Palmer, and Rasmus Nielsen whose book, AVOIDING THE NEWS received the 2025 International Journal of Press/Politics Hazel Gaudet-Erskine Best Book Award! bit.ly/49sXnyE International Communication Association Columbia University Press #ICA25 #ICA2025

Mamdani's victory in the New York City mayoral primary shows that, contrary to Democratic Party bosses, many Democrats don't want slavish support for Israel while it commits genocide in Gaza. trib.al/E8QgWyX

Full support to the people of #Serbia protesting for freedom, democracy, transparency and accountability by the Vučić regime. Time for Europe to show support for their fight. Stop appeasement, now! #pumpaj

“The situation in terms in aid in Gaza is catastrophic. What we see is an orchestrated disaster,” says MSF International secretary-general Christopher Lockyear. “It really is a complete and utter catastrophe.” A must-watch interview with Paula Newton, worth watching in full.

Following a widespread violent crackdown on largely peaceful student protesters in Belgrade & towns across #Serbia for the 6th consecutive day, Amnesty International & Civil Rights Defenders call on Serbian authorities to end unlawful use of force against student protesters amnesty.org/en/latest/news…

Alexander Zevin (Alexander Zevin) on Zohran Mamdani and NYC: 'In this new Gilded Age, business acts with a still greater sense of entitlement over the city it largely owns, and is unused to challenges at this scale to its perquisites.' newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/…

The rapidly shifting MAGA discourse on Israel is bigger than it may seem at first: Tucker Carlson’s pointing the finger at Isreal’s Mossad as being behind Epstein’s operation is getting much attention, although this connection is being made widely in parts of the MAGA world. But

Zohran Mamdani today at Nowadays: “You know how I know it isn’t working - It used to be enough for the President of the U.S. to say “He’a a Socialist!” But now he calls me a Communist. Because the socialism just isn’t hitting the way it used to.” Protect this man!!!

On concerns shared with him over US-Israeli genocide in Gaza: “What offends so many in our city — this horror is one that is subsidized by our country,” Mamdani said. “I heard not just about a desire for cheaper groceries and a cost-of-living that was easier to navigate, but also

Part of Israel's genocidal plan: New satellite data shows that the scale of devastation in Gaza is greater than had been estimated: at least 70 percent of the buildings have been leveled, reports Haaretz.com. trib.al/qrPMNR4

It's a war crime to gratuitously destroy civilian infrastructure, yet "Israel has demolished thousands of buildings across Gaza since it withdrew from a ceasefire with Hamas in March, with entire towns and suburbs...levelled in the past few weeks." bbc.co.uk/news/resources…

Special Feature on Harrison White Sociologica sociologica.unibo.it/issue/view/1392

The extraordinary sociologist and STS pioneer, Michel Callon, passed away on July 28th. Michel was a friend of #Sociologica. For a very insightful conversation with Alexandre Mallard, see sociologica.unibo.it/article/view/1…

To avert further deaths and inhuman suffering by starvation, Israel must immediately restore unimpeded access to Gaza by impartial humanitarian organizations, including UNRWA and UN OCHA, UN experts said. ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

Because journalists document and help to deter war crimes, their deliberate killing deserves special protection. The International Criminal Court prosecutor should bring charges when Israel deliberately kills journalists like Al Jazeera's Anas al-Sharif. cjr.org/feature/urgen-…