ANDREA DE ROSA

PhD Student

PhD program:: XL
email: andrea.derosa@uniroma1.it
phone: 3337487209
building: Dipartimento di Comunicazione e Ricerca Sociale - Via Salaria 113




supervisor: Christian Ruggiero

Education
The curriculum falls within the field of communication studies, with a particular focus on news production and news management processes.
Bachelor's degree in Communication, Digital Technologies, and Cultures (L-20) with honors, with a thesis entitled “YouTube: online opinion creator.” The thesis analyzed the role of the YouTube platform in online information processes, focusing in particular on creators as new intermediaries of public opinion and their impact on the dissemination and interpretation of news.
Master's degree in Media, Digital Communication, and Journalism (LM-19), with honors. The thesis, entitled “The public relations sector and its influence on news production (newsmaking) and news management" explored the relationship between the Public Relations sector and journalism, with a particular focus on the dynamics through which PR activities influence the processes of news selection, construction, and management.
Parallel to her university studies, “Lion Ambassador Program” at “Publicis Groupe Italy”, a training course focused on understanding the dynamics of work in communication companies. The program included training sessions and discussions with professionals in the sector and concluded with practical work experience on a real brief.

Current research areas
Italian local journalism, with particular focus on the application of the hierarchy of influences model to the study of news production processes at the local level. Further research activities concern the analysis of political communication in referendum contexts, with a focus on the use of artificial intelligence in communication relating to the 2026 italian referendum on justice and on monitoring the coverage of news programs in the period leading up to the referendum.

Research products

11573/1755524 - 2025 - Il settore delle relazioni pubbliche e la sua influenza nell'attività di produzione delle notizie (newsmaking)
De Rosa, Andrea - 02a Capitolo o Articolo
book: Nexus complexus. Sguardi sulla complessità - (9781326072476)



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