Alberto Acerbi. Tecnopanico: Media digitali, tra ragionevoli cautele e paure ingiustificate [Technopanic: Digital media, between reasonable precautions and unjustified fears]. Il Mulino, 2025. pp. 192. ISBN 978-88-15-39147-6
Abstract
Should we succumb to technopanic or embrace techno-optimism in this so-called post-truth era? In his latest book, Technopanic (currently available only in Italian), Alberto Acerbi, Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Research at the University of Trento, suggests a cautious middle path. Drawing on his background at the interface of cultural evolution, psychology, anthropology, and sociology, Acerbi provides a timely and, one might argue, much-needed, empirically grounded reflection on the contemporary anxieties surrounding digital technologies. Although some examples refer to the Italian sociopolitical context, the book’s arguments are highly transferable to broader international debates.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Risk Perception and Management
Cultural Studies and Postmodernism
Crime
Deviance
and Social Control
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Studies in Communication Sciences
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 139–140
- Publication date
- 12 February 2026
- Language
- EN