Paolo Magaudda (PhD in Sociology, 2007) is Research Fellow at the University of Padua, working with the CIGA Centre and the Research Unit PaSTIS within the Department of Sociology. His main interests are in the fields of science & technology (STS), consumption studies, cultural studies, food studies, popular music and digital cultures. He has published more than thirty articles and chapters in Italian and international journals and books. He has recently edited the book Scienza sullo schermo. La rappresentazione della scienza e della tecnolgoia nella television italiana [with F. Neresini, Il Mulino, 2011]. His research book on the consumption of musical artifacts, titled Oggetti da ascoltare. Hifi, iPod e consumo delle tecnologie musicali, will be out in spring 2012 for Il Mulino.