Luigi Di Martino

My academic research and teaching experience focuses on the opportunities and challenges of digital communication technologies in Public Communication. I investigate the use of social media in diplomacy, with a particular focus on online listening and monitoring activities through social media analysis.

I teach research methods and digital media at Western Sydney University, social media analysis and data visualisation at the School of the Arts and Media, University of New South Wales.

I hold a PhD from the Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University,  a Master’s degree in Politics of International Relations, and two Bachelor’s degrees (Communication Science; Political, Social and International Science) from Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta (Lumsa), Rome, Italy.

I am also Vice President of Com.It.Es. NSW (Committee of Italians Abroad, NSW).

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