Secondo fascicolo del 2021

Covid-19 health crisis is redefining the perimeters of everyday life globally. As a result, cultural practices aimed at improving the quality of life are undergoing profound transformations, leading Social Sciences to question the current needs for digitization of the various areas of the individual and social sphere in facing the challenges of the post- coronavirus. This work aims to develop some key issues for a better understanding of the technological transformations that are affecting physical activity practices and well-being in the post-quarantine period...

This article looks at the increasingly central role played by Netflix, global leader in subscription video on demand (SVOD) television, as producer and distributor of original films, and the implications that  this has for national film industries. The article applies a theoretical framework rooted in political-economy and combines it with studies of contemporary Italian political cinema. In terms of methodology,  the article relies on case study analysis, and focuses one specific country, Italy, and one relevant film production, Sulla Mia Pelle/On My Skin (2018, dir. Alessio Cremonini). Sulla Mia Pelle, which recounts  one of the most controversial stories in Italy’s recent history, the death of a young man under police custody, is of the first national features to have day-anddate release in theatres and via Netflix. The  article argues that the politicity of Sulla Mia Pelle, and notably its political subject and the political-economic framework underpinning its release, were instrumental in prompting the strong reactions that  came from various Italian film industry stakeholders: above all, a boycott from the main film exhibitors associations and a policymaking intervention by the Italian Minister of Culture. The politicity of Sulla Mia Pelle provides this case with unique characteristics, but it also makes it an exemplary illustration of the complex interplay between global SVOD providers and national film industries.

In 1968, the proposals for the democratic control of Italian television converged on the “production unit” hypothesis. This idea referred to collective creation of TV programmes, in order to reunite conception, production and broadcasting – three stages that were otherwise separate in the public broadcasting company, Rai...

The article focuses on the culture of communication in the public sector, aiming to understand its features and transformations facing the challenge of digital media. In the first part, a view of the international literature on communication in the public sector is presented. The strategic role played by communication in the public organizations is underlined as well as the institutionalization of social media in the management of communication with citizens and media...

“Il Musichiere” is a 1950s magazine inspired by Garinei and Giovannini’s TV show of the same name. From the very first issue, it includes a readers’ column edited by Mario Riva: “Scrivetemi come parlate”...

Primo fascicolo del 2021

This article introduces the special issue on “Arts-Based Research in Communication and Media Studies”, starting from a discussion on the different strategies and models that have been used to move away from the dominance of the written text in academia...