Vita e Pensiero

The research develops a theoretical reflection on the possible and actual domination patterns emerging from the digital turn of the media system. The digital media environment is assessed as the new public sphere, where the risk of audience manipulation is emphasized by the massive fruition and consumption of mostly visual contents on social media, that became primary news’ sources...

Early dropout, which consists of withdrawing from university studies during the first year, is usually interpreted using the “student integration model”, proposed by Tinto to analyze the phenomenon as a whole and based on the combination of individual and environmental factors...

This paper explores the relationship between socio-economic factors as indicators of economic capital and youth consumer styles in Croatia, based on qualitative (2023, N = 14) and quantitative (2016, N = 1,094) research. Qualitative findings reveal that participants predominantly align with thrifty, non-trendy, non-impulsive, and individualistic styles, highlighting the rationalized consumption habits while navigating uncertainties in defining their styles...

Young Mexicans who return to Mexico after being born or spending a significant part of their lives in the United States often face complex challenges when reintegrating socially. Through qualitative, longitudinal in-depth interviews, this study examines the interplay between the individual characteristics of different categories of young returnees and the economic structures in the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area...

Medically Assisted Procreation and Surrogacy have changed the social imaginary that revolves around the idea of conception, family, father, and mother. With the introduction of the figure of the donor and/or gestational mother, it cannot be easy to define who the mother is clearly. The genetic link, the pregnancy, or the childcare activity may take on different importance in defining who the child’s mother is...

The contribution presents the experience of Italian speech therapists in telerehabilitation (henceforth TR) and identifies their views regarding applicability and functionality, both in clinical terms and in terms of their relationship with the patient. In particular, the contribution aims to understand whether and how the distance approach, which drastically modifies the therapeutic relationship with regard to proxemics and interpersonal space, is comparable to the in-presence approach, as found in the literature...

The proposed research analyzes what the results of creative writing practices based on GPT-3 technologies are and how they are presented by the media. ChatGPT has appeared as a co-author in “fiction” such as children’s fairy tales, graphic novels, manga, screenplays, and novels. Despite the lack of enthusiasm shown by readers, the media describe a continuously growing phenomenon...

This research examines discursive repertoires on the Turing test as a theoretical construct, as a validation test and as an argument that divides exponents of strong A.I. from exponents of weak A.I. In the conversation between human and artificial agent, does the latter develop a capacity for semantic understanding?