Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2013 ; 2013COM001.
The study focuses on whether and to what extent advertisers may influence the editorial content of free and traditional newspapers in the German part of Switzerland. Fierce competition between media conglomerates and declining newspaper circulation rates aggravate the struggle for financial resources. As a result, advertising is more likely to exert a strong influence on the daily decision...
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In: Bullettin VALS-ALSA, 2010, vol. No. spécial, no. 2, p. 53-70
This contribution is part of a doctoral project that investigates communicative practices in the institutional context of a multilingual university, specifically the Università della Svizzera italiana USI. The aim is to sketch a map of interactions and communication flows onto which the different communicative phenomena can be projected. The linguistic repertoire constitutes an important...
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In: Studies in communication sciences, 2008, vol. 8, no. 1, p. 67-91
From an empirical point of view, this article aims at analyzing the role of the Swiss press in a language and culture policy debate regarding the changing status of Italian in quadrilingual Switzerland that took place at the beginning of 2005 following the discontinuation of two Italian chairs at Swiss universities. The issue is practically ignored in French- and German-speaking Switzerland,...
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In: Schwerpunkt Mediengeschichte, 2010, vol. 1, p. 44-55
Audiovisual archives of the national public services could get some of the most attractive elements for constructing collective memory. Hundred thousands of hours of well indexed content permit a dynamical and interactive reconstruction of what a territory’s habitants have seen or were meant to have seen of the territory itself, and of the world. Public service broadcasters have a good...
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2009.
This dissertation examines the question, how Swiss German media cover the topic of overweight. Over the last years overweight has gained an increased interest in the Swiss media. The public awareness for overweight and obesity in Switzerland was raised in the mid 1980ies. In newspapers the topic gained public interest in the 1990ies, parallel to the publication of the fourth Swiss report on...
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2007 ; 2007COM008.
Over the last decade a constantly growing prevalence of the obesity problem in industrialized nations has intensified the health and lifestyle discussion, particularly regarding the topics of nutrition and physical exercise. This elevated attention is also due to an increased awareness towards these topics by various information sources, in particular by the mass media. Whilst the market of...
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The purpose of this study is to analyse the cost structure of the Swiss Private Railways in order to assess economies of scale and density and the desirability of a merger policy in the regional railway sector. A translog cost function was estimated using panel data for a sample of 43 regional railways over the period 1990-1995. The results indicate the existence of economies of density for most...
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Switzerland (7.2 million inhabitants) is a federal State composed of 26 Cantons. Article 3 of the Federal Constitution grants large autonomy to the single cantons in the sectors which are not regulated directly by the constitution itself, among others the health and social care sector. The decision-making autonomy of the cantons in the field of health and social care for the elderly creates a...
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