Chris Hanretty

'media' Category

• Apr

  10

  2008

  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 [...]

  posted in italy, media by Chris

• Jan

  11

  2007

  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 [...]

  posted in brazil, egypt, india, indonesia, media, nigeria, political interference, russia, south korea, trust, united kingdom, united states by Chris