In the last phase, students turn part of the research carried out in the previous phase into discursive communication artifacts that expose, show or make known the critical aspects of the subjects researched to a specific audience. To this end, the aim is to design communication artifacts that invite the public to reflect and act on the explored subjects.

Students reflect on the meaning and agency of "the public", how different groups mobilize around various issues and how data can play a central role in the process of forming publics, and they are also encouraged to recognize the political role that their design practices play with technology and how they impact on society.

The result of the phase is an experimental digital artifact that can be used by a specific audience to act on the topic.

The Wild Stream

Claudia Maria Cutrupi, Sara Ferrini, Beatrice Maggi, Gaia Panfoli, Isabella Possaghi, Virgilia Ramella

Kids are avid consumers of Youtube. To gain popularity, some creators hide inappropriate contents in kids' most loved cartoons, manipulating them, while also eluding YouTube’s supervising systems. This phenomenon, born in 2014 and still ongoing, is called ElsaGate.

The hijacker's guide to digital activism

Caterina Comini, Lorenzo Di Leonardo, Francesca Maria Mauri, Virginia Migliorini, Fabiola Papini, Sofia Peracchi, Emily Maria Salmaso

Hashtag hijacking has become an important phenomenon in digital activism, yet many online users don’t know their way around it. This project provides aims to understand these collective actions and encourages the audience to participate in online conversations.

The Hunt

Elisa Finesso, Elena Gibelli, Federica Laurencio Tacoronte, Andrea Mario Morandini, Jacopo Sironi, Marco Valli

The Hunt consists in a series of recorded videos of our journey through Instagram influencers’ conspiratorial content. The goal of the research is to inform the audience of the existence of verified profiles sharing misleading or false information.

It's Cheaper Abroad

Martina Andreotti, Elena Buttolo, Marco Gabriele, Alessandro Parca, Federico Pozzi, Andrea Silvano

This is a collection of medical procedures that aims to show real deals and promos on cosmetic surgeries in order to expose its mass marketing approach and objectification. Every bit of information manipulated by the platform serves its scope: selling a product.

USER IN WONDER TUBE

Sneha Baliga, Julia Chlastacz, Dang Trung Nguyen, Marija Nikolic, Bogdan Novakovic, Preeti Puri, Chenyun Zeng

Instagram proposes itself as an open-minded platform, but through the use of policies about nudity, it denies its users' freedom of expression. Our communication aim is to inform, making the users reflect: which vision of our society do we have according Instagram policies?

The content moderator is a group of people who are on the front lines of the never-ending battle to keep the Internet safe. How is their life? What are they facing?

The Ideal Face

Songwei Duan,Yuting Jiang,Ruting Lin,Chunhai Liu,Yuan Liu,Xueyue Wu

The AI algorithm and technology of the beauty camera have become mature, and people can modify facial photos through the standards provided by the algorithm. This similar beauty can be quickly copied.But it also makes the user's aesthetics convergent and boring.

A Hashtag Battlefield

André Calderolli, Fatemeh Goodarzi, Johannes Longardt, Fernanda de Alba, María Paula Vargas, Priscila Yoshihara, Yunrui Zhu

In 2020, hashtag hijacking drew the world’s attention and more than once made the news. By telling the stories of three hijacked hashtags, this project invites the user to learn more about it and reflect on the impacts it might have on the consumption of information on Twitter.

F.A.C.T.

Giulia Baraldi, Cecilia Gaetarelli, Alia Kaouel, Tim Olbrich, Valentina Pallacci, Alessia Rodler, Vera Salvaderi

F.A.C.T. is a video based website aimed to make you aware of the large presence of conspiracy theory videos on TikTok. By experiencing F.A.C.T. you’ll discover how conspiracy theory videos can enter your life through TikTok without you even noticing them.