Media and Politics in Contemporary Italy

From Berlusconi to Grillo

• Author(s): Alessandro D'Arma,
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Pages: 170
• ISBN_10: 0739186191
  ISBN_13: 9780739186190
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication Studies , Social Science / Media Studies , Political Science / Public Policy / Communication Policy ,

Description:... Media and Politics in Contemporary Italy is the first book to provide a comprehensive examination of the media system in Italy during the last twenty years. Seeing the rise of new political actors and the growing role of the Internet and social media, the general elections of February 2013 have symbolically closed a twenty-year period of Italian history dominated by Silvio Berlusconi politically and by television as channel of political communication. The analysis focuses on change and continuity with past media structures, cultures and practices, and considers the “Berlusconi factor,” namely the impact of one man on the country’s media system, journalism, and political communication.