Curry, J.L. (1990). Poland’s Journalists: Professionalism and politics.
Thanks to a national strike of journalists, there is no print news today. This event – which I can’t imagine happening in the UK after Rupert Murdoch’s move to Wapping – came as a pleasant surprise. No longer the rush to catch up with and synthesise the daily flood of information. In any event, there [...]
There is but one lacuna in Alexander Stille’s otherwise excellent piece ‘Silvio’s Shadow’: it is not true that Berlusconi “occupied an incredible 50 percent of airtime on the state-owned newscasts”. Data from the Italian communications watchdog show the figure for the three state-owned channels was closer to 20%. The quite remarkable figure of 50% of [...]
Stromback, J., and Nord, L.W. (2006) Do Politicians Lead the Tango? Malinconico, G. (1996). La commissione parlamentare di vigilanza sulla Rai a vent’anni dalla riforma della radiotelevisione pubblica Aldridge, M., Evetts, J. (2003). Rethinking the concept of professionalism: the case of journalism.
There was a certain moment in the nineties when it looked as if the era of lottizzazione – of the division of posts in Rai along party-political lines – might come to an end. This wonderful piece from l’Opinione suggests it hasn’t. It includes three classic elements of pre-1992 lottizzazione: Bizarre names to refer to [...]
Thesis: UK journalism is becoming professionalised, not in a trait-based sense, nor in a market closure sense, but as part of a managerial project designed to ensure control over members using minimally coercive methods of myth cultivation. Background: Disagreement about the professional status of journalism dates back to the emergence of the occupation.It can be [...]
BBC reports that a former Brown aide now believes that the row over Gilligan damaged trust in the government. Now there’s a shocker. Quick, someone investigate whether ursine animals defecate in woodland areas…
Alicia G. Montano today publishes La manipulación en Televisión, a book on the “weakness of pluralism and independence” suffered by RTVE over the past thirty years.
Weekend journalist is married to government minister. Journalist is suspended. 52 deputies belonging to the party of government support her. The journalists’ union says to the deputies, bugger off, this isn’t your fight. Excellent reply. I must learn more about the Société des Journalistes. Technorati Tags: france+televisions,, beatrice, schonberg,, france, 2,, societe, des, journalistes,, unions,, [...]
In the same week that two key nominations are made “in full autonomy”, according to Petruccioli, “nomine politiche”, according to La Russa, Beppe Grillo writes about another route to power in Rai: nepotism.