Chris Hanretty

'pluralism' Category

• Nov

  26

  2008

  Paper on pluralism

  Presented at the ASMI Conference over the weekend. From the abstract:
      In this paper I argue that the concept of pluralism – the most important value in
  the Italian media debate – is conceptually confused. I identify three mutually incom-
  patible conceptions of pluralism used when discussing the public broadcaster Rai: (1)
  structural pluralism, satisfied when the public [...]

  posted in academia, pluralism by Chris

• Nov

  21

  2006

  Political balance = balance of politicians?

  The centre-right is annoyed with Rai thanks to two programmes: Fabio Fazio’s hosting of Finance Minister Padoa-Schioppa on Che Tempo Che Fa, and Lucia Annunziata’s hosting of Enrico Deaglio on Ballaro. Padoa-Schioppa took time to explain the left’s budget; Deaglio, a journalist, argued that the centre-right was ready to stuff the ballot boxes in last [...]

  posted in annunziata, balance, bias, pluralism, rai by Chris