Summer is almost over, but if you signed up for the Digital Intimacies Conference, you have something to look forward too 🩷
Next week, we’ll make amazing memories in Padova connecting scholars, researchers and students around shared topics of interest.
See you (very) soon!
#DIGIT2025
Our international conference is just a month away! 🌍✨ Join us in Padua this September for “Digital Intimacies, Young People & Everyday Life” with keynotes by Jessica Ringrose (UCL) & Paul Byron (UTS). See you there!🎓 #DIGIT2025
💭Why talk about digital intimacies today? Because platforms shape how we love, connect, and care. Young people are navigating friendships, identities, and relationships in algorithmic spaces where every click counts. How are these digital intimacies changing us? #DIGIT2025 #InternationalConference
We’ve been spotlighting our upcoming international conference, but remember: the backbone of DIGIT is research 🔎📚 on teens, digital media, intimacy & gender 🤳. The conference is just one way we share our findings with you—learn more about the project at: digitalintimacies.eu/en/ #DIGIT2025
🔍 Deep dive into data, platforms & intimacy: explore themes such as datafication of intimacy, algorithmicized girlhood, surveillance and resistance, networks of care and more @ our Conference! See you in September! 📅 #DIGIT2025 #InternationalConference
🎓Deep dive into everyday digital intimacies: from flirting on IG to LGBTQIA+ youth advocacy online, this panel explores how teens live & shape intimacy through media. See you in September!✨ #DIGIT2025 #InternationalConference
July’s almost over!☀️ Taking a trip down memory lane…we've been busy at Di.G.I.T: Summer School in Padua, conferences in Cagliari & Rome, workshops on Gen Z & digital violence, plus fieldwork with teens across Italy. Big thanks to all involved—more coming 🔜! #DIGIT2025 #research
🔍 Deep Dive into #DIGIT2025 Theme: Intimacies in Algorithmic Environments
🗣️ “In the globalized and interconnected society we live in today…
How do teenagers experience their intimacy in digitalized & algorithmic environments?”
25–26 September 2025 | University of Padova
🔗: lnkd.in/dA5VzefY
📚Professor @cmscarcelli.bsky.social Principal Investigator of Di.G.I.T tells us how the project was born.
💡A research journey that explores how adolescents use digital media daily, focusing on topics such as intimacy, love, gender & sexuality.
🔎 Explore the project at digitalintimacies.eu
#DIGIT2025
5 reasons to visit Padova in 5 words:
🍻 Student city = museums + cafés + bars 😉
🏰 Important history! UniPD #Since1222
🚶 Easy and beautiful to walk 🥰
🚄 Perfect hub for day trips
📝 The Conference! Register now at linktr.ee/digit2025
#DIGIT2025
How do young people navigate intimacy online?
Through focus groups with teens, Di.G.I.T explores everyday experiences of gender, identity & media.
❗ Join our International Conference to discover our findings: digitalintimacies.eu/en/registrat...
#DIGIT2025 #AcademicConference
👉 Interested in LGBTQ+ digital cultures? Don’t miss the keynote with Professor Paul Byron at #DIGIT2025!
At University of Technology Sydney, Paul’s recent studies focus on LGBTQ+ young people's digital peer support for mental health thorugh social media!
#PaulByron #YouthCultures
❓What is Di.G.I.T?
Prof. Lorenza Parisi (Sapienza University of Rome), Head of the project’s Research Unit, explains it to us 🎤
🔍 Follow us to stay up to date with our activities and discover the results of our research!
📲 Learn more: digitalintimacies.eu/en/progetto/
#DIGIT2025
Spotlight on @jessicaringrose.bsky.social: a leading voice in youth digital activism and feminist research.
Her research is essential for anyone working in education or activism!
Don’t miss her keynote at #DIGIT2025.
#YouthActivism #EducationForChange #DigitalFeminism #GenderResearch #MediaStudies
Introducing our keynote speakers! 🎤
🌈 Paul Byron (UTS, Sydney) explores digital cultures of care, particularly among LGBTQ+ youth.
📚 Professor Jessica Ringrose (UCL, London) researches teens, social media, and postdigital feminism.
We can’t wait to hear their insights!
#DIGIT2025 #Conference
📢 Last day to submit your paper for the Conference! 📢
If your research is about young people and digital intimacy, our Conference is the place for you 😉
Don’t miss the opportunity!
🔗Submit your Abstract until April 27th (today!)
forms.gle/cmmfHvcbfh5Z...
#DIGIT2025
🧠💬 How do Italian teens explore gender & intimacy online?
The Di.G.I.T. project dives into youth digital practices, blending gender/media studies with real voices from teens themselves.
🔗 Learn more: digitalintimacies.eu/en/progetto/
#DIGIT2025 #YouthStudies #GenderResearch #MediaStudies
Hey, Bluesky! We are Di.GI.T. 👋
Digital practices, Gender & Intimacy in Teens' everyday life.
🎯 We study how Italian teens explore gender and intimacy through digital media. — from relationships to online communities, from connection to anonymity.
🔗 Learn more: digitalintimacies.eu/en/
#DIGIT2025
