The developments of the past decades both in the print media and radio-television, the sweeping changes introduced by the Internet and on-line journalism, the influence of television on the press and advertising: a comprehensive history updated to include the very latest developments and the conditions and problems of the information system in Italy.
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Valerio Castronovo
Valerio Castronovo, former full professor of contemporary history at the University of Turin, is editor of the history review “Prometeo”. Among his publications with us: Storia dell’economia mondiale (six volumes, edited by, 1996-2002); Un passato che ritorna. L’Europa e la sfida dell’Asia (2006); Le rivoluzioni del capitalismo (n.e., 2007); Piazze e caserme. I dilemmi dell’America Latina dal Novecento a oggi (2007); Cento anni di imprese. Storia di Confindustria 1910-2010 (20102); Novecento italiano (i.a., 20112).
Nicola Tranfaglia is Professor Emeritus at the University of Turin, where he taught European History and the History of Journalism. He writes for "La Stampa", "Unità" and "E Polis". His most recent works include: Fascism and Modernization in Europe (Turin 2001); How the Republic was Born, 1943-1947 (Milan 2004); Ministers and Journalists. The war and the Minculpop (Turin 2005); and The Regime's Press, 1932-1943 (Milan 2005).
