Chiara Imperato is a Research Fellow at the Department of Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural Industries, University of Parma, Parma, Italy. She received her Ph.D. degree at the Department of Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural Industries, University of Parma from 2018-11 to 2022-01. Her research interests include intergroup contact, social psychology, media studies, online prejudice, online discrimination, sexual minorities, ethnic minorities, interpersonal online relationships, and intergroup online relationships.