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Posts Tagged Silvio Berlusconi
Swan Songs for the Three Tycoons
Posted by Stephan Russ-Mohl in Media Economics on August 4, 2011
It was like watching the movie from the day before yesterday.
Suddenly, all the three of them were back: Leo Kirch, Silvio Berlusconi and Rupert Murdoch, the tycoons who influentially roughed up the media business in Europe during the 80s and 90s. We’ve seen obituaries for the first, whose empire had already decayed years ago. As of late, the other two have appeared in headlines due to qualm-less abuses of power, resulting in scandalous news coverage and most probably more than a few sleepless nights upon facing such magnificent losses of power.
The moment these two scoundrels will need to resign draws nearer, and it’s likely their empires will somehow dissipate. Even if Berlusconi’s preference would be to continue his centerstage post at future bunga-bunga parties until the ripe age of 100 in Read the rest of this entry »
English Papers United Against Murdoch
Posted by Marcello Foa in Ethics & Quality on October 20, 2010
Big Brother is about to step his way into media.
For once, it isn’t Berlusconi. In fact, according to English papers, the concentration of TV channels belonging to Berlusconi is marginal compared to what is about to occur in Great Britain. Rupert Murdoch, the Grand Old Man of news, has created a problem so serious it prompted left and right-leaning newspapers to put aside their political and editorial differences and join together in an effort to stop his expansion.
How a Prime Minister Scaled Media and Politics
Posted by Natascha Fioretti in Ethics & Quality on June 1, 2010
Ethical Space, Vol 7 Nos. 2/3, 2010
Natascha Fioretti examines Italy’s extraordinary ‘Berlusconismo’ phenomenon – and the response of the international media to it.
When elements of popular culture meet elements of political culture, the resulting combination falls into a category entitled ‘pop politics.’ According to Gianpietro Mazzoleni and Anna Sfardini (2009), strategies for managing politics and communications in Western democracies underwent profound changes in the last thirty years. Instead of thinking in terms of objective, factual information, today we think in terms of ‘infotainment’ (information combined with entertainment) and instead of thinking in terms of pure politics we think in terms of ‘politainment’ (politics combined with entertainment). Read the rest of this entry »
Minaret Media Hype
Posted by Stephan Russ-Mohl in Ethics & Quality, Fields of Coverage on December 16, 2009
Austrians are all too familiar with the unfavorable media attention focused on their Swiss neighbors, for as the Austrians learned, once the electorate sheers obstreperously from the consensus of “political correctness“ on which political elites tend to agree, all hell breaks loose.
Larger neighboring countries descend on small ones, and the media’s buzz climbs to a roar. Reporters immediately become “experts” on the psyche and internal functions of adjacent nations, speculating wildly. As serious, comprehensive investigation costs time and money Read the rest of this entry »
Italy: Intimidation
Posted by Stephan Russ-Mohl in Media Policy on September 19, 2009
Die Furche, September 17, 2009
Silvio Berlusconi’s hybris was our topic here four weeks ago – and it was also mentioned that the Conservatives and the Catholic Church in Italy would have many reasons to distance themselves from the Italian prime minister.
Much has come to pass since then. Most notably, journalist Dino Boffo, editor in chief of the Catholic daily Avvennire, took a risk – one which should be quintessential to journalism – and publicly denounced Berlusconi’s permissive lifestyle. His courage, however, was not rewarded. Read the rest of this entry »
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