Del i serien Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture

Fatal Attraction

Public Television and Politics in Italy

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

AvCinzia Padovani

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Cinzia Padovani takes an in-depth look at Italian public service broadcasting, covering its history, its role in Italian society, its relationship to the political party system, and its influence on cultural and linguistic unification in Italy. Tracing the history and development of Italian public television broadcaster Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI) to the present, Padovani challenges traditional views by asserting that parties' "interference" in RAI has, at times, strengthened the role of public service broadcasting and that partisan journalism has even enhanced democratic potential.

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Utgivningsdatum2007-02-09
Mått154 x 230 x 22 mm
Vikt454 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieCritical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture
Antal sidor298
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
MedarbetareGiuseppe Richeri
ISBN9780742519503

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Chapter 1 ForewordChapter 2 AcknowledgmentsChapter 3 Introduction: Public Service Broadcasting: The Party System and DemocracyChapter 4 1 Democracy in Italy (1945-2003)Chapter 5 2 RAI and the Party System (Part I)Chapter 6 3 RAI and the Party System (Part II)Chapter 7 4 Lottizzazione: A Normal Practice for Public Service JournalistsChapter 8 Conclusion: Political Power and the MediaChapter 9 GlossaryChapter 10 Bibliography

Offering a thorough, well-documented examination of the nexus between Italian politics and public television over the past 60 years, Padovani concludes that government involvement in the television system may have in some ways improved the public service role of state-owned television broadcasting. She explains how a political quota system served to stabilize the system in an ironic sort of way. Detailed and current (the author includes many mentions of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, his party, and his private media holdings), the book is undoubtedly the most thorough examination of the topic available in English. Highly recommended.