Murder and Media in the New Rome: The Fadda Affair (Italian by T. Simpson

By T. Simpson

An insightful look at the origins of contemporary Italian media tradition via analyzing a sensational crime and trial that happened in Rome within the past due 1870s, whilst a bloody homicide caused a countrywide spectacle that turned the 1st nice media circus within the new country of Italy, crucially shaping the younger state's public sphere and photo of itself.

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