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Title:Public Broadcasting and Political Interference
Author(s):HANRETTY, ChrisDate:2011Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Public broadcasters, like the BBC and the Italian broadcaster RAI, are some of the most important media organisations in the world. Politicians are often tempted to interfere in the workings of these broadcasters and when ...
Title:Nominalization as Racialization in the Italian Press
Author(s):HANRETTY, Chris; HERMANIN, CostanzaDate:2010-01-01Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:In this article we discuss the language used by the Italian media to refer to immigrant and other minority groups. In particular, we focus on one linguistic device commonly used when referring to minorities, namely, the ...
Title:Explaining the De Facto Independence of Public Broadcasters
Author(s):HANRETTY, ChrisDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Institutions operating beyond direct control of government, such as central banks, constitutional Courts and public broadcasters, enjoy guarantees of de jure independence, but de jure independence is no guarantee of de ...
Title:The Political Independence of Public Service Broadcasters
Author(s):HANRETTY, ChrisDate:2009Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:In this thesis, I demonstrate that the degree of political independence that a public service broadcaster has depends on the degree of legal protection given to it, and on the size of the market for news in that country. ...
Title:Party mergers and vote shifts in Italy
Author(s):HANRETTY, ChrisDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI SPSAbstract:Using data from exit polls and two different methods of ecological inference, I demonstrate how Italian voters shifted between 2006 and 2008. Newly merged parties (PdL, PD) were successful in retaining their former voters; ...
