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Italian Journalist Killed in Gaza
Property of The New York Times Many times, Italian journalists face physical threats and attacks from organized crime groups, as well as from political and social groups. These journalists are...
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Italy’s Internet Bill of Rights
Italy’s media systems are considered “partly free”, and the freedoms of speech and of the press are generally respected because they are guaranteed by the Italian constitution. On October 27th, Italy...
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Foreign Investors Take On British Media
The British media has always been primarily owned by private investors. These investors have almost always been native to the United Kingdom. However, things have recently begun to change. Just this...
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Italy’s Economy Reliant Upon Britain Staying In the EU
While British withdrawal from the EU has been speculated on and off for decades, it’s almost impossible to predict if it’ll ever happen or not. When thinking about it on the surface, to many it makes...
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The Implications of Italian Media Suspensions Prior to Regional Elections
In Italy, RAI is a state-owned broadcaster that is publically funded and broadcasts a mixture of news, discussion-based programs, drama and documentaries, and sports coverage. Recently, the board of...
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Television In Italy
It comes as no shock that Italy’s main source of information comes from the television. Media structures like newspapers have steadily lost popularity in the past couple of decades. This is because...
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Does the United Kingdom Truly Celebrate Freedom of the Press?
David Miranda being interviewed on his 9 hour detainment by British authorities The United Kingdom prides itself on having one of the freest media systems in the world. They recognize freedom of the...
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Does Overuse Of The Internet Affect Literacy Levels In The UK?
In the past years specifically, there has been an increasingly strong incline in Internet usage in England. The Internet has the ability to lead individuals to endless opportunities, possibilities and...
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Letta Scared For The Future
The relationship between Italy and England is of utmost importance to both nations. With the ongoing discussion of the UK leaving the EU, Italy has expressed more than ever how crucial it is to them...
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Italy’s Decrease In Newspaper Consumption
Participating in the global shift to new delivery systems, Italy’s media system strayed beyond reliance on the traditional printed press and entered the world where online journalism, digital...
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When is Conviction a Contradiction?
An Italian journalist named Alessandro Sallusti was recently sentenced to 14 months in prison on a libel conviction. This conviction was set on the grounds of his authorizing the publication of an...
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Issues of the Past Influencing the Future
Looking to Italy’s past issues with freedom of the press and the misguidance of the public by higher power comes the issue of the 2010-2011 parliamentary discussion of a government bill involving...
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Sicilian Anti-Mafia Journalist Threatened
In our presentation earlier in the semester, I discussed the dangers that Italian journalists often face when reporting about the organized crime networks still present in Italy, such as the Mafia. A...
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Increased Internet Access in Italy
Internet connection in Italy ranges from slow to non-existent. I experienced this firsthand while living in the country for four months last year. Before going anywhere in Italy, I had no way of...
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2006 Terrorism Act in England
As previously mentioned in our presentation, England’s government does not clamp down on media, or deny media access to the outside world. However, the government became concerned about terrorism...
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Preventing Crime… and Privacy
Back in 2012, adding to the distance between government action versus public support, the Queen, “…confirmed the intention of Prime Minister David Cameron’s government to introduce [a] bill,” that...
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Liverpool Soccer Player Charged Over Instagram Post
Italian soccer player, Mario Balotelli, is facing a storm of controversy after a recent post on the social media site, Instagram. The Liverpool soccer player, originally from Italy, was charged by the...
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Italy Ranked Among Lowest for Media Freedom in EU
With a continent as closely knit and culturally/politically intertwined as Europe, one believes they could assume a sense of uniformity in regards to media regulations among other things. However,...
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Italian Newspaper Stops Publication
After ninety years of publication, leftwing Italian newspaper, l’Unita may be no more. The newspaper, founded by Antonio Gramsci, has recently declared they were going to suspend their publication....
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Is Changing The Norm Possible?
Can a nation tighten the freedom of media without the people fighting back? Britain historically has a record of producing free, uncensored press and the citizens rely on getting truthful, unbiased...
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