Category Archives: media

Italy: The World’s Best Bad Media

Minerva.as has published an article of mine on the Italian media.

In many countries, a residual sense of national pride means that many claims, which would be readily assented to in a conversation between co-nationals, become hotly contested when made by outsiders. In Italy, the reverse phenomenon seems to operate, and Italians will without hesitation talk […]

Government interference

I’ve belatedly found a wonderful survey from May last year on trust in the media. As usual, the relevant cross-tabs are buried behind several links. The juiciest information for my purposes comes with the agree/disagree responses to the statement, “The government interferes too much in the media in our country”. The question isn’t ideal for […]