Michele Martini

Michele Martini is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Cambridge (Faculty of Education). A PhD graduate in Semiotics (Scuola Normale Superiore), Martini?s research focuses on the socio-cultural dynamics connected to online video-mediated communication. Within this framework, Martini has developed two parallel lines of inquiry. The first line explores how established religious institutions act to shape the worldviews of users and renegotiate authority on a global level on online video-sharing platforms. The second line investigates the new media strategies employed by social movements to enhance civilian control over the police, empower minorities and create transnational bonds of solidarity.