Media analysis and research

Figures

Figures

20 researchers, a network of scholars and practitioners, over 600.000 hours of broadcast digitalised, 1.000.000 news items indexed, 100.000 actors monitored

Methods

Methods

Qualitative and quantitative content analysis on specific areas of mass communication, such as political, economical and social communication, media reputation, gender and cultural diversity

Network

Network

Collaboration in more than 80 countries with a number of national and international organisations in the frame of democratisation and good governance in the field of communication

News

Studies and researches
L’Africa MEDIAta: il dossier 2023

L’Africa MEDIAta: il dossier 2023

Africa Mediata è il dossier realizzato da Amref in collaborazione con i ricercatori dell’Osservatorio di Pavia per analizzare in che modo viene oggi rappresentato in tv, sui giornali e sui social il continente africano.
Come ogni anno il Dossier approfondisce un aspetto speciale. Quest’anno si è parlato di innovazione.

in Migration and multiculturalism

Studies and researches
A year of information on the climate crisis

A year of information on the climate crisis

In 2022, the Osservatorio di Pavia began its collaboration with Greenpeace Italy to systematically monitor the coverage of the climate crisis in the Italian media. The study on journalistic coverage of the climate crisis was accompanied by monitoring of the presence of advertising by energy companies, the automotive sector, airlines and cruise lines in 5 newspapers. Finally, during the September 2022 electoral campaign, the analysis took into consideration the visibility of environmental issues in the statements of the main Italian political leaders.

in Environment and health

Highlights

“Shades of reality”: a photo contest against Afrophobic racism

The “Shades of reality” photo contest is underway, an initiative designed to counter anti-black racism and Afro-phobia. The contest is organized as part of the European project CHAMPS – Champions of Human rights And Multipliers countering Afrophobia and Afrophobic Speech by Amref, of which the Osservatorio di Pavia is a partner.

Studies and researches
Climate crisis and media. Results of the research of the Osservatorio di Pavia for Greenpeace

Climate crisis and media. Results of the research of the Osservatorio di Pavia for Greenpeace

The Osservatorio di Pavia continues its research on the media coverage of the climate crisis for Greenpeace with the analysis of the last quarter of 2022.

in Environment and health

Highlights
Administrative: the Vademecum of the Network for candidates

Administrative: the Vademecum of the Network for candidates

The National Network for the Contrast to Hate Speeches and Phenomena, of which the Osservatorio di Pavia is a part, proposes to candidates in the next administrative elections to sign a five-point Vademecum against the use of hate speech hate on the campaign trail.

Studies and researches
“News from the front” – X report of the Carta di Roma

“News from the front” – X report of the Carta di Roma

An analysis of the media narrative of the migratory phenomenon in 2022 by the Carta di Roma Association and the Osservatorio di Pavia.

in Migration and multiculturalism

Studies and researches
Dossier “The Cutting Look – Knowledge, awareness and perception of Afrophobia and systemic racism in the sectors of health, education and communication”

Dossier “The Cutting Look – Knowledge, awareness and perception of Afrophobia and systemic racism in the sectors of health, education and communication”

The Osservatorio di Pavia and Carta di Roma have organized six focus groups and fifteen in-depth interviews to explore the levels of knowledge, awareness and perception on Afrophobia and systemic discrimination against Africans or Afro-descendants in Italy.

in Migration and multiculturalism

Studies and researches
Media and climate crisis: the analysis of the Osservatorio for Greenpeace Italy

Media and climate crisis: the analysis of the Osservatorio for Greenpeace Italy

The monitoring of the Osservatorio di Pavia for Greenpeace Italy on the visibility of the climate crisis in the Italian media, carries on. This time, the four-month period from 1 May to 31 August 2022 is under observation.

in Environment and health

Studies and researches
Environmental issues and the 2022 election campaign

Environmental issues and the 2022 election campaign

Together with Greenpeace, the Osservatorio di Pavia monitored the speeches of 14 leading figures in the Italian political scene to understand if, in the first two weeks of the election campaign, they talked about environmental issues.

in Environment and health

Studies and researches
Fourth edition of the report “Illuminating the outskirts – Abroad Observatory”

Fourth edition of the report “Illuminating the outskirts – Abroad Observatory”

In 2021, the attention to foreign countries in the Italian news grew. 29% of all the news was about abroad, the highest figure recorded in the last decade. Almost 1 in 3 of the news is dedicated to foreign countries, considering both foreign policy news and soft news that originates in third countries.

in Migration and multiculturalism

Press review
The Country in Crisis: pandemic, chaos, and questions for the future

The Country in Crisis: pandemic, chaos, and questions for the future

The Country in Crisis starts with a simple question: in the management of the COVID-19 pandemic, could Italy have done better?

in Non-profit

Highlights
NOTICE: Champs: Fight against Afrophobia and hate speech in Italy

NOTICE: Champs: Fight against Afrophobia and hate speech in Italy

Analyse and deconstruct, in Italy, discriminatory attitudes and languages towards people of African origin, thanks to the active and strengthened role of Afro-descendant associations and to a more widespread knowledge and awareness of the dynamics that generate them. This is the mission of CHAMPS, supported by the European Union, which is implemented through the collaboration between Amref Health Africa Onlus-Italy, Arising Africans, Associazione Carta di Roma, CSVnet, CSV Marche, Divercity APS, Le Réseau, Osservatorio di Pavia and Razzismo Brutta Storia.

Activities

The Osservatorio di Pavia carries out researches and studies related to issues of social, political and economic interest. Thanks to these long-term activities the Osservatorio has gained credit at national and international level as a major centre in the field of media and democracy, pluralism, freedom of expression, sustainable development, good governance and human rights. In this section the main projects are presented

Services

  • MEDIA MONITOR / TV & WEB REPUTATION ANALYSIS
  • MEDIA INTELLIGENCE / TRAINING / MEDIA EDUCATION
  • PROJECT DESIGN / PUBLIC OUTREACH ACTIVITIES
  • COMMUNICATION / ADVOCACY / CRISIS MANAGEMENT
  • NEWS DATABASE / DIGITAL LIBRARY

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