This essay investigates communication in public bodies in Italy. Communication practices in public bodies could be considered a process enhancing transparency, visibility, accountability, and citizens’ participation. But in another perspective they might be a means of public control made by political marketing, something influencing both the media and the public visibility of government activity. The boundaries between the two perspectives are often fluid and overlapping. In this research on communication practitioners employed in Italian public local bodies, we have highlighted some questions both on the different organizational positions and the self representations of their role in public bodies. In fine we suggest some questions about a moral entrepreneur’s role of communicators in contemporary public spheres.
Communication in public bodies: can it support new public spheres?
LALLI, PINA
2012
Abstract
This essay investigates communication in public bodies in Italy. Communication practices in public bodies could be considered a process enhancing transparency, visibility, accountability, and citizens’ participation. But in another perspective they might be a means of public control made by political marketing, something influencing both the media and the public visibility of government activity. The boundaries between the two perspectives are often fluid and overlapping. In this research on communication practitioners employed in Italian public local bodies, we have highlighted some questions both on the different organizational positions and the self representations of their role in public bodies. In fine we suggest some questions about a moral entrepreneur’s role of communicators in contemporary public spheres.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
