Lucio Spaziante has interests in the field of semiotics, with particular reference to music, youth cultures, media and audiovisual language. He has taught at several Italian universities (Ferrara, Modena and Reggio Emilia, IULM), and has conducted research in Belgium, France, Great Britain and the United States. From 2009 to 2013 he was Vice President of the AISS (Association for Italian Semiotic Studies).