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Overview
Dr Giovanni Navarria is a Lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Relations. He convenes two Undegraduate courses: Digital Technologies and Global Politics and Cybersecurity diplomacy and digital rights in global politics. He is the author of The Networked Citizen - Power, Politics, and Resistance in the Internet Age (Palgrave MacMillan, 279 pages, ISBN 9811332924, 9789811332920) and his work addresses the relationship between citizens, power and resistance in digital networked environments, the rise of mediated populism in Italy, USA and China, and issues of political disinformation in public service media as well as social media.
Publication
2019
- Navarria, G. 2019. The networked citizen: Power, politics, and resistance in the internet age. Singapore: Palgrave MacMillan. (10.1007/978-981-13-3293-7)
2016
- Navarria, G. 2016. China: the Party, the Internet, and power as shared weakness. Global Change, Peace and Security 29(1), pp. 1-20. (10.1080/14781158.2016.1225709)
- Navarria, G. 2016. To censor or not to censor: Roots, current trends and the long-term consequences of the Chinese Communist Party's fear of the Internet. Communication, Politics and Culture 49(2), pp. 82-100.
2014
- Navarria, G. 2014. Can democracy survive the rise of surveillance technology?. Democratic Theory 1(2) (10.3167/dt.2014.010208)
2013
- Navarria, G. 2013. After the Internet, before democracy: Competing norms in Chinese media and society. Information, Communication and Society 16(7), pp. 1196-1198. (10.1080/1369118X.2011.627180)
2012
- Navarria, G. 2012. The Internet and representative democracy: : A doomed marriage? Lessons learned from the Downing Street E-Petition website and the case of the 2007 Road-Tax Petition. In: Manoharan, A. and Holzer, M. eds. E-Governance and Civic Engagement: Factors and Determinants of E-Democracy. IGI Global, pp. 362-380., (10.4018/978-1-61350-083-5.ch018)
2010
- Navarria, G. 2010. Politics vs. antipolitics in Italy in the age of monitory democracy: The complex case of beppegrillo.it. In: Amna, E. ed. New Forms of Citizen Participation: Normative Implications. Nomos Verlag, pp. 175-188.
2008
- Navarria, G. 2008. Political anomalies and web-based civil antibodies in Silvio Berlusconi's Bel Paese. Recerca: Revista de Pensament i Anàlisi, pp. 173-192.
Articles
- Navarria, G. 2016. China: the Party, the Internet, and power as shared weakness. Global Change, Peace and Security 29(1), pp. 1-20. (10.1080/14781158.2016.1225709)
- Navarria, G. 2016. To censor or not to censor: Roots, current trends and the long-term consequences of the Chinese Communist Party's fear of the Internet. Communication, Politics and Culture 49(2), pp. 82-100.
- Navarria, G. 2014. Can democracy survive the rise of surveillance technology?. Democratic Theory 1(2) (10.3167/dt.2014.010208)
- Navarria, G. 2013. After the Internet, before democracy: Competing norms in Chinese media and society. Information, Communication and Society 16(7), pp. 1196-1198. (10.1080/1369118X.2011.627180)
- Navarria, G. 2008. Political anomalies and web-based civil antibodies in Silvio Berlusconi's Bel Paese. Recerca: Revista de Pensament i Anàlisi, pp. 173-192.
Book sections
- Navarria, G. 2012. The Internet and representative democracy: : A doomed marriage? Lessons learned from the Downing Street E-Petition website and the case of the 2007 Road-Tax Petition. In: Manoharan, A. and Holzer, M. eds. E-Governance and Civic Engagement: Factors and Determinants of E-Democracy. IGI Global, pp. 362-380., (10.4018/978-1-61350-083-5.ch018)
- Navarria, G. 2010. Politics vs. antipolitics in Italy in the age of monitory democracy: The complex case of beppegrillo.it. In: Amna, E. ed. New Forms of Citizen Participation: Normative Implications. Nomos Verlag, pp. 175-188.
Books
- Navarria, G. 2019. The networked citizen: Power, politics, and resistance in the internet age. Singapore: Palgrave MacMillan. (10.1007/978-981-13-3293-7)
Research
Dr Navarria's academic background and research approach lie at the intersection between politics, civil society, and communication media, with a particular focus on the Internet.
By adopting an interdisciplinary approach, Dr Navarria's research challenges prevailing notions of power and participation in the political sphere.
In particular, Dr Navarria's work addresses the relationship between citizens, power and resistance in digital networked environments, the rise of mediated populism in Europe, USA and China, and issues of political disinformation in public service media as well as social media.
Teaching
Digital Technologies and Global Politics (Level 2)
Cybersecurity diplomacy and digital rights in global politics (Level 3)
Biography
Dr Giovanni Navarria is a Lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Relations. He convenes two Undegraduate courses: Digital Technologies and Global Politics and Cybersecurity diplomacy and digital rights in global politics.
His academic background and research approach lie at the intersection between politics, civil society, and communication media, with a particular focus on the Internet. His work addresses the relationship between citizens, power and resistance in digital networked environments, the rise of mediated populism in Italy, USA and China, and issues of political disinformation in public service media as well as social media.
He is the author of the book, The Networked Citizen - Power, Politics, and Resistance in the Internet Age (Palgrave MacMillan, 279 pages, ISBN 9811332924, 9789811332920)
He is also an associate of the Centre for Political Thought at the University of Exeter.
His previous academic roles include: Lecturer and Research Fellow at the University of Sydney, at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, and at the University of Westminster.
He has been a Visiting Scholar at the School of Communication, Hong Kong Baptist University, in Hong Kong and a Summer Research Fellow at the Institute for Internet and Society, at the Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
He has a PhD from the University of Westminster and a Degree in Philosophy from the University of Catania.
At the University of Sydney, he taught Postgraduate Units of Studies in the field of Public Opinion, New Media and Public Relations, Politics and International Relations.
In 2014, as an Associate of the Sydney Democracy Network, he launched and co-edited an article series called Democracy Futures published by The Conversation Australia.
For The Conversation Australia he also wrote a regular column titled Networked Politics.
His personal website is: www.giovanninavarria.com