A Fatal Attraction
Subtitle: Public Television and Politics in Italy (Critical Media Studies)
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Published: November 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9780742519497
Subjects: Political structure & processes; Radio & television industry; Television programs, Public se; Radiotelevisione italiana; Media Studies - Electronic Media; Political Science; Sociology; Television in politics; Politics/International Relations; Italy; Europe - Italy; Television - History & Criticism; Political Science / Social Policy; Television programs, Public service; General; Television and politics
Description: "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."--BOOK JACKET.