Dr Emiliano Trere
(Translated he/him)

Lecturer

Ysgol Newyddiaduraeth, y Cyfryngau a Diwylliant

: TrereE@caerdydd.ac.uk
: +44 29225 10736
: Sgwâr Canolog, Ystafell Office 1.31, Caerdydd, CF10 1FS

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I am a Lecturer at Cardiff's School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies. My research addresses the issue of digital activism from a theoretical standpoint in relation to crucial questions of culture and identity on one side, and to the development of theoretical frameworks related to media theories of change as mediation, media ecologies, and mediatization on the other. Fluent in three languages, I am internationally recognized as a ‘bridge’ between the Western and the Latin American ‘schools of thought’ in media, communication, and social movement studies.

My publications include three co-edited special issues “Social Media and Protest Identities” (Information, Communication & Society, 2015), “Latin American Struggles & Digital Media Resistance” (International Journal of Communication, 2015), and "From Global Justice to Occupy and Podemos: Mapping Three Stages of Contemporary Activism" (tripleC, 2017). I am the author of Complexities of Digital Activism: Ecologies, Imaginaries, Algorithms, and co-editor of Citizen Media and Practice (both books forthcoming with Routledge). I also act as Consultant Editor for the forthcoming Routledge Encyclopedia of Citizen Media. I am the cofounder of the "Big Data from the South" Research Network that brings together academics and practitioneers interested in looking at big data and algorithms from critical and alternative perspectives.

2024

Bonini, T. and Trere, E. 2024. Algorithms of resistance - the everyday fight against platform power. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.

2023

Treré, E. 2023. Media ecologies, social movements and activism. In: Coleman, S. and Sorensen, L. eds. Handbook of Digital Politics. Political Science and Public Policy 2023 Edward Elgar, pp. 313–353., (10.4337/9781800377585.00031)
Treré, E. and Harlow, S. 2023. Strengths and blind spots of digital activism in Latin America. In: Rossi, F. M. ed. The Oxford Handbook of Latin American Social Movements. Oxford University Press, pp. 696-712., (10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190870362.013.43)
Bozan, V. and Trere, E. 2023. When digital inequalities meet digital disconnection: Studying the material conditions of disconnection in rural Turkey. Convergence (10.1177/13548565231174596)
Barbas, A. and Trere, E. 2023. The rise of a new media ecosystem: exploring 15M'ss educommunicative legacy for radical democracy. Social Movement Studies 22(3), pp. 381-401. (10.1080/14742837.2022.2070738)
Bonini, T., Trere, E., Yu, Z., Singh, S., Cargnelutti, D. and López-Ferrández, F. J. 2023. Cooperative affordances: How instant messaging apps afford learning, resistance and solidarity among food delivery workers. Convergence (10.1177/13548565231153505)
Hintz, A., Dencik, L., Redden, J. and Trere, E. 2023. Civic participation in the datafied society: Introduction. International Journal of Communication 17, pp. 3549-3561.

2022

Candón-Mena, J. and Treré, E. 2022. Visionarios pragmáticos: Imaginarios, mitos y tecnopolítica en el movimiento 15M. Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas 180, pp. 47-64. (10.5477/cis/reis.180.47)
Trere, E., Hintz, A. and Owen, N. 2022. Journalism and Data Justice: Critically Reporting Datafication. In: Allan, S. ed. The Routledge Companion to News and Journalism. Routledge Media and Cultural Studies Companions Routledge, pp. 179-187., (10.4324/9781003174790-22)
Trere, E. and Milan, S. 2022. Big Data from the South(s): Unpacking the material and symbolic dimensions of data at the margins. In: Rohlinger, D. A. and Sobieraj, S. eds. Oxford Handbook of Digital Media Sociology. Oxford University Press
Trere, E. and Bonini, T. 2022. Amplification, evasion, hijacking: algorithms as repertoire for social movements and the struggle for visibility. Social Movement Studies (10.1080/14742837.2022.2143345)
Dencik, L., Hintz, A., Redden, J. and Trere, E. 2022. Data justice. Sage Publications.
Bonini, T., Treré, E. and Murtula, F. 2022. Resistenza e solidarietà algoritmica nelle piattaforme digitali: un'indagine etnografica dei gruppi di engagement su Instagram. Studi Culturali 2022(2), pp. 77-206. (10.1405/104691)
Milan, S. and Treré, E. 2022. The data gaps of the pandemic: data poverty and forms of invisibility. In: Bringel, B. and Pleyers, G. eds. Social Movements and Politics During COVID-19: Crisis, Solidarity and Change in a Global Pandemic. Bristol: Bristol University Press, pp. 78–85., (10.51952/9781529217254.ch009)
Yu, Z., Trere, E. and Bonini, T. 2022. The emergence of algorithmic solidarity: unveiling mutual aid practices and resistance among Chinese delivery workers. Media International Australia 183(1), pp. 107-123. (10.1177/1329878x221074793)
Heemsbergen, L., Trere, E. and Pereira, G. 2022. Introduction to algorithmic antagonisms: resistance, reconfiguration, and renaissance for computational life. Media International Australia 183, pp. 3-15. (10.1177/1329878X221086042)
Trere, E. and Bonini, T. 2022. Disconnessione digitale e resistenza tra i rider dell industria del food delivery online. Sociologia della Comunicazione 64(2), pp. 98-117. (10.3280/SC2022-064006)

2021

Trere, E. 2021. Intensification, discovery and abandonment: unearthing global ecologies of dis/connection in pandemic times. Convergence 27(6), pp. 1663-1677. (10.1177/13548565211036804)
Trere, E. and Kaun, A. 2021. Contextualizando el activismo digital: Una perspectiva histórico-ecológica. In: Candon-Mena, J. and Montero-Sanchez, D. eds. Del Ciberactivismo a la Tecnopolítica, Movimientos Sociales en la era del Escepticismo Tecnológico. Comunicación Critica Comunicación Social Ediciones y Publicaciones, pp. 71-93.
Trere, E. and Milan, S. 2021. Latin American perspectives on datafication and artificial intelligence: Traditions, interventions and possibilities. Palabra Clave 24(3), article number: e2431. (10.5294/pacla.2021.24.3.1)
Treré, E. and Kaun, A. 2021. Digital media activism. In: Balbi, G. et al. eds. Digital Roots: Historicizing Media and Communication Concepts of the Digital Age., Vol. 4. Studies in Digital History and Hermeneutics De Gruyter Oldenbourg, pp. 193-208., (10.1515/9783110740202-011)
Barranquero, A. and Trere, E. 2021. Comunicación alternativa y comunitaria. La conformación del campo en Europa y el diálogo con América Latina. Chasqui, Revista Latinoamericana de Comunicación 146, pp. 159-181. (10.16921/chasqui.v1i146.4390)
Masiero, S., Milan, S. and Trere, E. 2021. COVID-19 from the margins: Crafting a (cosmopolitan) theory. Global Media Journal German Edition 11(1) (10.22032/dbt.49163)
Trere, E. 2021. Después del eclipse computacional: iluminando las dinámicas del activismo tras bambalinas. In: Caballero, F. S. ed. Economía Política de la Comunicación, Comunicación Social. Comunicación Social, pp. 423-440.
Trere, E., Candón-Mena, J. and Sola-Morales, S. 2021. Imaginarios activistas sobre Internet: Del mito tecno-utópico al desencanto digital. CIC Cuadernos de Información y Comunicación 26, pp. 33-53. (10.5209/ciyc.76147)
Milan, S. and Trere, E. 2021. Latin American visions for a digital new deal: Towards Buen Vivir with data. [Online]. Just Net Coalition and IT for Change. Available at: https://projects.itforchange.net/digital-new-deal/2021/01/25/latin-american-visions-digital-new-deal-towards-buen-vivir-data/
Treré, E. and Yu, Z. 2021. The evolution and power of online consumer activism: illustrating the hybrid dynamics of "consumer video activism" in China through two case studies. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media 65(5), pp. 761-785. (10.1080/08838151.2021.1965143)
Trere, E., Milan, S. and Masiero, S. 2021. Introduction: Covid-19 seen from the land of otherwise. In: Milan, S. ed. COVID-19 from the Margins: Pandemic Invisibilities, Policies and Resistance in the Datafied Society. Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures, pp. 14-22.

2020

Kaun, A. and Trere, E. 2020. Repression, resistance and lifestyle: charting (dis)connection and activism in times of accelerated capitalism. Social Movement Studies 19(5-6), pp. 697-715. (10.1080/14742837.2018.1555752)
Stephansen, H. and Treré, E. 2020. Media practices. In: Baker, M. et al. eds. The Routledge Encyclopedia of Citizen Media. London: Routledge
Treré, E. 2020. Media ecologies. In: Baker, M. et al. eds. The Routledge Encyclopedia of Citizen Media. London: Routledge
Kavada, A. and Trere, E. 2020. Live democracy and its tensions: making sense of livestreaming in the 15M and occupy. Information, Communication and Society 23(12), pp. 1787-1804. (10.1080/1369118X.2019.1637448)
Milan, S. and Trere, E. 2020. The rise of the data poor: the COVID-19 pandemic seen from the margins. Social Media and Society 6, article number: 3. (10.1177/2056305120948233)
Andrejevic, M., Dencik, L. and Trere, E. 2020. From pre-emption to slowness: assessing the contrasting temporalities of data-driven predictive policing. New Media and Society 22(9), pp. 1528-1544. (10.1177/1461444820913565)
Natale, S. and Trere, E. 2020. Vinyl won't save us: reframing disconnection as engagement. Media, Culture and Society 42(4), pp. 626-633. (10.1177/0163443720914027)
Trere, E., Natale, S., Keightley, E. and Punathambekar, A. 2020. The limits and boundaries of digital disconnection. Media, Culture and Society 42(4), pp. 605-609. (10.1177/0163443720922054)
Trere, E. 2020. The banality of WhatsApp: On the everyday politics of backstage activism in Mexico and Spain. First Monday 25, article number: 1. (10.5210/fm.v25i12.10404)
Kaplún, G., Barranquero, A. and Treré, E. 2020. Alternative communication in Europe and Latin America: so far away, yet so close. In: Paulino, F. O. and Kaplún, G. eds. Research Traditions in Dialogue: Communication Studies in Latin America and Europe. media XXI: Publishing, Research and Consulting, pp. 229-240.

2019

Stephansen, H. and Trere, E. eds. 2019. Citizen media and practice: Currents, connections, challenges. Critical Perspectives on Citizen Media. Routledge.
Stephansen, H. C. and Trere, E. 2019. Practice what you preach? Currents, connections and challenges in theorizing citizen media and practice. In: Stephansen, H. C. and Trere, E. eds. Citizen Media and Practice: Currents, Connections, Challenges. London and New York: Routledge
Milan, S. and Trere, E. 2019. Big Data from the South(s): Beyond data universalism. Television and New Media 20(4), pp. 319-335. (10.1177/1527476419837739)
Dencik, L., Hintz, A., Redden, J. and Trere, E. 2019. Exploring data justice: conceptions, applications and directions. Information, Communication and Society 22(7), pp. 873-881.
Magallanes-Blanco, C. and Trere, E. 2019. Contemporary social movements and digital media resistance in Latin America. In: Media Cultures in Latin America Key Concepts and New Debates. Routledge

2018

Trere, E. 2018. Nomads of cyber-urban space: media hybridity as resistance. In: Mortensen, M., Neumayer, C. and Poell, T. eds. Social Media Materialities and Protest: Critical Reflections. Critical Perspectives on Citizen Media Abingdon and New York: Routledge, pp. 42-56., (10.4324/9781315107066-11)
Trere, E. 2018. Hybrid media activism. Ecologies, imaginaries, algorithms. Routledge Studies in Radical History and Politics. London and New York: Routledge. (10.4324/9781315438177)
Trere, E. 2018. The sublime of digital activism: hybrid media ecologies and the new grammar of protest. Journalism & Communication Monographs 20(2), pp. 137-148. (10.1177/1522637918770435)
Trere, E. 2018. From digital activism to algorithmic resistance. In: Meikle, G. ed. The Routledge Companion to Media and Activism. Routledge Media and Cultural Studies Companions London and New York: Routledge, pp. 367-375.
Trere, E. and Barranquero Carretero, A. 2018. Tracing the roots of technopolitics: towards a north-south dialogue. In: Sierra Caballero, F. and Gravante, T. eds. Networks, Movements and Technopolitics in Latin America. Global Transformations in Media and Communication Research - A Palgrave and IAMCR Series Springer, pp. 43-63.

2014

García, R. G. and Trere, E. 2014. The #YoSoy132 movement and the struggle for media democratization in Mexico. Convergence 20(4), pp. 496-510. (10.1177/1354856514541744)
Mattoni, A. and Trere, E. 2014. Media practices, mediation processes, and mediatization in the study of social movements. Communication Theory 24(3), pp. 252-271. (10.1111/comt.12038)
Farinosi, M. and Trere, E. 2014. Challenging mainstream media, documenting real life and sharing with the community: An analysis of the motivations for producing citizen journalism in a post-disaster city. Global Media and Communication 10(1), pp. 73-92. (10.1177/1742766513513192)
Trere, E. 2014. Resistencia en México en los tiempos del Capitalismo Gore: La comunicación total para rebelarse frente a la cultura de la muerte. In: Gumucio Dagron, A. and Cadavid Bringe, A. eds. Pensar desde la experiencia: La comunicación participativa en el cambio social. UNIMINUTO, pp. 105-124.
Farinosi, M. and Trere, E. 2014. Social movements, social media and post-disaster resilience: towards an integrated system of local protest. In: Denison, T., Sarrica, M. and Stillman, L. eds. Theories, Practices and Examples for Community and Social Informatics. Monash University Publishing, pp. 63-85.
Trere, E. 2014. Cibernomadismo y activismo Líquido: Prácticas de resistencia de una ecología alternativa. In: Espino Sanchez, G. ed. La insatisfacción con la democracia. Política convencional, movimientos sociales y tecnologías digitales. Fontamara, pp. 73-97.
Trere, E. and Cargnelutti, D. 2014. Movimientos sociales, redes sociales y Web 2.0: el caso del Movimiento por la Paz con Justicia y Dignidad. Communication & Society/Comunicación y Sociedad 27(1), pp. 183-203.

My research is based on the exploration of social movements and technology, but only as a point of departure to examine crucial issues regarding the mutual shaping of media, society and culture. More specifically, in my works I have:

introduced the ecological perspective derived from STS studies in order to overcome what I have termed the one-medium bias of social movement literature (Trere 2012; Trere and Mattoni 2016);
examined the contributions of three concepts from media studies for the exploration of collective action dynamics (media practices, mediation, mediatization)(Barassi and Trere 2012; Mattoni and Trere 2014);
established uncharted connections between Western conceptual lenses and Latin American frameworks on alternative media and social movements (Barranquero and Trere 2017; Trere and Magallanes-Blanco 2015; Trere 2015);
provided the most extensive investigation of the #YoSoy132 Mexican movement (Trere 2016; Garcia and Trere 2014; Trere 2013);
re-established the significance of collective identities in digital protest (Gerbaudo and Trere 2015; Trere 2015);
deconstructed the digital myths, imaginaries and ideologies of contemporary movements and parties (Trere et al 2017; Barranquero and Trere 2013; Trere and Barassi 2015).

I have acted as principal investigator of the following projects: "A Critique to digital media: theories and practice", funded by the Autonomous University of Querétaro FOFIUAQ 2014 Competitive Grant (2014); "The communicative practices of the Mexican Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity", jointly funded by the Mexican Federal Government trough the PROMEP Program, and by the Autonomous University of Querétaro FOFIUAQ 2012 Competitive Grant (2012).

Autumn semester:

Social Movements and Digital Media (BA)

Spring semester:

Social Media and Politics (MA)
Citizen Journalism and Digital Publics (MA)

I welcome BA, MA and PhD proposals in the following areas and fields of expertise:

The intersection between social movements and digital media (in particular: digital protest cultures, collective identities, and media imaginaries)
Citizen media/alternative media
Media theories: media ecologies, mediation, mediatization
Latin American communication theory
Critical approaches to big data and algorithms

Education and qualifications

2011: PhD (Multimedia Communication), University of Udine (Italy)
2004: Degree in Communication Sciences, University of Bologna (Italy)

Career overview

2017 - present: Lecturer, Cardiff University, School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies
2016 - 2017: Research Fellow at the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Scuola Normale Superiore (Italy), and Research Fellow within the COSMOS Center on Social Movements Studies based at the same institution
2015 - 2016: Research Fellow at Lakehead University (Canada)
2011 - 2016: Associate Professor at the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, Department of Communication and Journalism, Autonomous University of Querétaro (UAQ), Mexico
2007: Communication consultant at the Bages Council of Manresa, Catalonia; professor of Italian language: blues guitar teacher
2005 - 2007: Communication consultant and translator at the IEPALA Institute of Political Studies for Latin America and Africa in Madrid
2004 - 2005: Journalist, photographer, film critic at "Il Corriere di Ravenna" newspaper and "Coolissimo" press

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I have been awarded several grants for academic mobility, including: grant for thesis abroad (University of Bologna) and grant from Intel co. at Dartmouth College, US (2003); PhD grant of the Italian Ministry of Education (2011); Erasmus mobility grant (2009); SNI Membership (National System of Mexican Researchers), Level 1 (2013); Certificate of excellence for Mexican professors (2013); Grant for academic productivity (Autonomous University of Queretaro), 2014; Marsico Grant for Visiting Scholars, University of Denver, 2014.

Aelodaethau proffesiynol

Member of ECREA (European Communication Research and Education Association)
Member of IAMCR (International Association for Media and Communication Research)
Member of ICA (International Communication Association)
Member of ISA (Internatioanal Sociological Association)
Member of LASA (Latin American Studies Association)

I am part of the Editorial Board of the journals Social Media and Society and Commons: Revista de Comunicación y Ciudadanía Digital. I have reviewed articles for over 20 leading international journals in the field of communication, culture and society.

Safleoedd academaidd blaenorol

I have been a Visiting Scholar at several institutions, including: Dartmouth College and Denver University (US), Universidad Complutense (Spain), Erfurt University (Germany), and Universidad del Norte (Colombia). Previously, I worked as an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences of the Autonomous University of Querétaro, Mexico, as a Research Fellow at Lakehead University (Canada), and at Scuola Normale Superiore in Florence, where I am still a Fellow at the COSMOS Center for Social Movements Studies.

I am proud to be the winner of the Outstanding Doctoral Supervisor Enriching Student Life Award 2019, Cardiff University

I am also the School of Journalism, Media and Culture' Senior Personal Tutor

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