Italian Media Policy Under Ongoing Transition to Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century

Abstract

The Italian media system is currently undergoing a period of transition, where a re-balance of power allocation among the different market actors is not only feasible, but also inevitable, due to the evolution of technology that has characterised recent decades. The new means of communication and the technical improvements added to the traditional ones have proved to be a strong push for a revision of the legislative framework, not only in the national context, but also through the intervention of the European institutions (Caretti, 2009: 105).