An Increasingly (In)visible Religion? The Italian Case
Scholars have for some years hypothesized a “new visibility” of religion, so that a relevant role in the publicization of religion is played by the media. However, while the public visibility of religion in the media has recently become a topic of great interest at the international level, in Italy,...
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| description | Scholars have for some years hypothesized a “new visibility” of religion, so that a relevant role in the publicization of religion is played by the media. However, while the public visibility of religion in the media has recently become a topic of great interest at the international level, in Italy, the literature on this topic is quite scarce. It is of particular interest in Italy due to the central role played by the Catholic Church, which, despite the changed socio-political context and the transformations of the media system, does not seem to have lost its capacity to intervene publicly. Therefore, this study intends to fill this gap through a longitudinal analysis of the coverage of the Catholic Church in the main Italian print newspapers in the last 17 years (2005–2021). In total, 202,788 articles were collected and analysed using a content analysis. Results show that, in Italy, we cannot speak of a greater visibility of religion, in particular of the Catholic Church today in print press than in the past, nor of a uniformity with respect to the way in which is spoken about it in terms of issues and religious actors. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-58811e0c43e943519082e8a8d75184642023-11-24T15:03:57ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442023-11-011411140810.3390/rel14111408An Increasingly (In)visible Religion? The Italian CaseRita Marchetti0Susanna Pagiotti1Department of Political Science, University of Perugia, 06123 Perugia, ItalyDepartment of Political Science, University of Perugia, 06123 Perugia, ItalyScholars have for some years hypothesized a “new visibility” of religion, so that a relevant role in the publicization of religion is played by the media. However, while the public visibility of religion in the media has recently become a topic of great interest at the international level, in Italy, the literature on this topic is quite scarce. It is of particular interest in Italy due to the central role played by the Catholic Church, which, despite the changed socio-political context and the transformations of the media system, does not seem to have lost its capacity to intervene publicly. Therefore, this study intends to fill this gap through a longitudinal analysis of the coverage of the Catholic Church in the main Italian print newspapers in the last 17 years (2005–2021). In total, 202,788 articles were collected and analysed using a content analysis. Results show that, in Italy, we cannot speak of a greater visibility of religion, in particular of the Catholic Church today in print press than in the past, nor of a uniformity with respect to the way in which is spoken about it in terms of issues and religious actors.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/11/1408religionreligious publicizationmediatizationmedia and religionCatholic Church |
| spellingShingle | Rita Marchetti Susanna Pagiotti An Increasingly (In)visible Religion? The Italian Case Religions religion religious publicization mediatization media and religion Catholic Church |
| title | An Increasingly (In)visible Religion? The Italian Case |
| title_full | An Increasingly (In)visible Religion? The Italian Case |
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| title_short | An Increasingly (In)visible Religion? The Italian Case |
| title_sort | increasingly in visible religion the italian case |
| topic | religion religious publicization mediatization media and religion Catholic Church |
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