Murder and Media in the New Rome: The Fadda Affair

By Thomas Simpson

Book Overview

An insightful look into the origins of modern Italian media culture by examining a sensational crime and trial that took place in Rome in the late 1870s, when a bloody murder triggered a national spectacle that became the first great media circus in the new nation of Italy, crucially shaping the young state's public sphere and image of itself.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349291153
• ISBN13: 9781349291151
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"