THE INDIPENDENCE OF INFORMATION IN THE ANALYSIS OF DAN HALLIN

Corso di Laurea Magistrale Interfacoltà inComunicazione Professionale e Multimediale

Relatore: Prof. Stefano CollocaCorrelatore: Prof. Edoardo Fittipaldi Tesi di laurea di: Elia Lavelli

UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI PAVIA

INTRODUCTIONIN THIS WORK I TRIED TO ANALYSE JOURNALISTS’ CONDITION IN REGARD TO THE INFLUENCE OF EXTERNAL FACTORS AS PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OR ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL AGENTS WHICH UNDERMINE THEIR INDEPENDENCE AND AUTONOMY.

DEONTOLOGICAL CODES

DEFINE RULESSHOW MAIN ISSUES

FACTS AND BELIEFSOPINIONS/DESCRIPTION OF

FACTS

UNITED STATES0

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JOURNALISTSPR

MARKET PRESSUREBALANCE SHEET AND DEBTS

MEDIA OWNERS

POLITICAL INFLUENCES

MEDIA CONTROL POLITICAL CONSENSUS

EXPLOITATIONRELIABILITY LOSS

DAN HALLIN ANALYSIS

PUBLIC SPHERE AND PROFESSIONALISM

«The public sphere, in simplest terms, is the realm of our social life in which citizens confer about matters of

general interest.»

Jurgen HabermasPROFESSIONALISM

AUTONOMYNORMATIVE AND CULTURAL PRINCIPLES

IDENTITY

MEDIA SYSTEMS

MEDITERRANEAN CONTINENTAL ATLANTICPOLARIZED CORPORATE LIBERAL

FEW READERS MANY READERS MANY READERS

LOW PROFESSIONALISM ADVANCED PROFESSIONALISM

ADVANCED PROFESSIONALISM

CLIENTELISM RATIONAL-LEGAL AUTHORITY

RATIONAL-LEGAL AUTHORITY

GOVERNMENTAL MODEL/PARLIAMENTARY MODEL CIVIC MODEL PROFESSIONAL MODEL

MEDIA COMMERCIALISM

COMMODITIZATION OF THE NEWS

INFORMATION LOSES ITS FUNCTION

NEWS SELECTION CRITERIA ARE INFLUENCED BY THE MARKET

THE FUTURE OF INFORMATION

UNITED STATES IMPOSE THEIR POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL INFLUENCE TO EUROPE.

THE LIBERAL MODEL AND THE COMMERCIALISM SEEM TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED BY THE OTHER COUNTRIES.

NEVERTHELESS EUROPEAN COUNTRIES DISTINCTIVE FEATURES ARE LIMITING THIS CHANGE.