The media industry is unique in its ability to spread information that may influence the
democratic process. This influence depends on where and how citizens get their political …

The study investigates how journalists construct the rise of data journalism discursively
within the specific political and economic conditions of Italy, and whether data journalists …

This article reviews books which test the personalization of politics, looking at different
dimensions of the growing importance of leaders over time, namely for political parties, in …

In spite of not even being officially registered three months before the European Parliament
Elections of 2014, the Spanish upstart party Podemos captured almost 8 percent of the vote …

In the context of the ongoing deinstitutionalisation of the Italian party system, Fratelli d'Italia
(FdI) emerged as the most voted-for party in the 2022 general election. Although previous …

The chapter discusses political instrumentalisation of, and interference in, public service
media in Spain. State intervention in the media systems of Southern European democracies …

This article examines how and under what conditions Italy's civil society organizations
(CSOs) have resorted to transnational activism and to what extent these efforts translate into …

This study compares current US President Donald Trump and Italy's former Prime Minister
Silvio Berlusconi, through discourse analysis. Venturing beyond the similarities found in …

The chapter explores the public service media in Italy. In the comparative literature the
Italian RAI is often taken as a paradigmatic case of a highly (party) politicized public service …

This article evaluates the role of political mediation played by national and local television
networks within the social peripheries of Naples, Southern Italy. In the context of …