Laura Iannelli is Associate Professor of Sociology of Culture and Communication at the Department of Economics and Business of the University of Sassari. Her main research interests pertain to the relations between political communication, participation, and civic cultures in contemporary media ecosystems. She authored diverse publications, including two monographs: “Hybrid Politics. Media and Participation” (Sage, 2016) and “Facebook & co. Sociologia dei social media” (Guerini, 2010). She is the Principal Investigator of the national project "I-POLHYS. Investigating Polarization in Hybrid media System", funded by the Italian Ministry of University. Her work has been published in international journals such as iCS-Information, Communication & Society, Social Science Computer Review, Current Sociology, Social Media + Society, International Journal of Cultural Studies. She is one of the editorial board’s members of the scientific journals: iCS – Information, Communication & Society, Social Media+Society, and Polis.