Who Helps Berlusconi win general elections? Political Communication in Italian entertainment shows

The present study is based on the hypothesis that the viewer/elector might consume political information even when watching family-targeted entertainment shows featuring lively discussions, interviews to celebrities, music and quizzes. What’s more, by focusing on such urgent issues, these programs...

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Main Author: Marco Mazzoni
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Language:English
Published: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile 2009-06-01
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Online Access:https://esla.letras.uc.cl/index.php/cdi/article/view/23139
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description The present study is based on the hypothesis that the viewer/elector might consume political information even when watching family-targeted entertainment shows featuring lively discussions, interviews to celebrities, music and quizzes. What’s more, by focusing on such urgent issues, these programs might affect the viewer’s political behavior thus helping a candidate to the detriment of his opponent. In Italy this kind of program is represented by two Sunday shows: Domenica in and Buona Domenica. Therefore hypothesis will be validated through the analysis of four installments of this programs aired in April 2008, at the time of the electoral campaign.
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spelling doaj-art-86a7c52eb9cd49cc98398b18443355aa2025-08-20T02:32:38ZengPontificia Universidad Católica de ChileCuadernos.info0719-367X2009-06-0124Who Helps Berlusconi win general elections? Political Communication in Italian entertainment showsMarco Mazzoni0University of Perugia (Italy) The present study is based on the hypothesis that the viewer/elector might consume political information even when watching family-targeted entertainment shows featuring lively discussions, interviews to celebrities, music and quizzes. What’s more, by focusing on such urgent issues, these programs might affect the viewer’s political behavior thus helping a candidate to the detriment of his opponent. In Italy this kind of program is represented by two Sunday shows: Domenica in and Buona Domenica. Therefore hypothesis will be validated through the analysis of four installments of this programs aired in April 2008, at the time of the electoral campaign. https://esla.letras.uc.cl/index.php/cdi/article/view/23139entertainment showelectoral campaignsoft news/hard newsinformation-processing
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Who Helps Berlusconi win general elections? Political Communication in Italian entertainment shows
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title Who Helps Berlusconi win general elections? Political Communication in Italian entertainment shows
title_full Who Helps Berlusconi win general elections? Political Communication in Italian entertainment shows
title_fullStr Who Helps Berlusconi win general elections? Political Communication in Italian entertainment shows
title_full_unstemmed Who Helps Berlusconi win general elections? Political Communication in Italian entertainment shows
title_short Who Helps Berlusconi win general elections? Political Communication in Italian entertainment shows
title_sort who helps berlusconi win general elections political communication in italian entertainment shows
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url https://esla.letras.uc.cl/index.php/cdi/article/view/23139
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