In association with the Italian Cultural Institute, Edinburgh and the Stirling Media Research Institute
The Media in Italy: Historical Perspectives and Future Challenges
Italian Cultural Institute, Edinburgh, 21-22 November 2008
From the development of newspapers in the 18th and 19th Centuries to the emergence of the internet and other digital technologies, the media have had a significant impact across the Italian peninsula. But if the media have influenced political and social institutions and democratic processes, social developments have also played a central part in Italian media development. From Fascist domination of the mass media to post-war partition of public service broadcasting and party-controlled newspapers, political patronage of media institutions has remained a strong feature of Italian life. The development of social utility or networking sites means that Italian consumption of media is changing, especially among the young. Recent years have also witnessed the rapid growth in academic research examining relations between media development and collective memory, identity and nation-building. The development of new technologies has altered irrevocably the ways in which politicians communicate with their electorates and how Italians engage with one another. The 2008 ASMI Conference will bring together leading academics from history, the political and social sciences, film and media studies to examine issues relating to the conference theme: the media in Italy: historical perspectives and future challenges.
For further details please contact Matthew Hibberd at m.j.hibberd@stir.ac.uk.
ASMI members are invited to put forward proposals for themes for the Annual Conference in 2009.
Proposals should reach the ASMI Secretary, Paola Filippucci, by 30 September 2008. Proposals will be discussed and voted at the Annual General Meeting in November 2008.
Proposals should be submitted using the form available here. The form requests the name of one or more organisers, a theme, a brief explanation/rationale for the theme, some possible speakers and a venue if already considered, a preliminary budget and any financial or other support that could be available or applied for.
Please send or email proposal forms and any queries to:
Paola Filippucci, ASMI Secretary New Hall Cambridge CB3 0DF Email: pf107@cam.ac.uk