In: Studies in Communication Sciences, 2019, vol. 19, no. 1, p. 7-23
In this paper, we present the evolution of Swiss Media and Communication Studies over the last decade by summarizing the main results from a project funded by the Swiss University Conference (2008–2017). We give an overall picture of the growth in the field (in terms of student numbers, resources and activities), look at diversity in terms of topics (two clusters are identified and ...
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I workshop sul tema dei media e dell’opinione pubblica si sono concentrati su un tema delicato del progetto « Le organizzazioni musulmane come attrici sociali ». L’islam non è di per sé un caso particolare, ma un soggetto della società come molti altri. Nell’adempiere i loro obblighi di informazione, i media riportano notizie relative all’islam come fanno per altri argomenti. Ma le...
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2016 ; 2016COM010.
This study has examined how the ‘Ageing Society’ -a society with a rapidly ageing population, a growing share of older persons and a decreasing share of younger persons- and its implications for the Belgian population are represented in the Belgian quality newspaper De Standaard (2011-2013). As such, the study delivered first-time Belgian empirical findings about the coverage of the...
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In: European Political Science Review, 2012, vol. 4, no. 3, p. 385-408
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In: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2011, vol. 11, no. 1, p. -
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In: Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 2001, vol. 16, no. 4, p. 209-215
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In: Discourse studies, 2012, vol. 14, no. 2, p. 197-216
On the basis of a case-study based on the argumentative analysis of news in the press, this paper introduces and discusses strategic manoeuvring with contextual frames. Drawing on the linguistic notion of frame, I introduce the concept of contextual frame to refer to the news context, i.e. the background against which a certain event is presented as a piece of news. I argue that newspapers and...
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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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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2012 ; 2012COM004.
The concept of culture has become pervasive in the description of social reality. Its role in determining the relations between social groups seems to have acquired a position of prominence in particular after the attacks of September 11th, 2001. Some authors argue that this event confirms the thesis of the thesis of the clash of civilization advanced by Huntington in 1993. In this light,...
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