Giuseppe Richeri

Interview

• "The impact of information technology on the mass-media past and future" (Roma, 15/05/95)
• "The North and South and new technologies" (Roma,  04/12/95)
• "Basic conditions for the establishment of new media" (Roma, 12/01/96)
• "The history of the media" (Firenze,  01/06/96)

Biography

Giuseppe Richeri lectures in the Faculty of Communication Science at the University of Barcelona, where from 1993 to 1994 he held the UNESCO chair, awarded each year to an academic of particular merit. He also teaches at the C. Alfieri Faculty of Florence.

His position as Director of Research at the Telecom Foundation-San Salvador Research Center of Venice is recognition of his substantial research activities in the history, economics and social politics of the media. His vast experience in these fields has also led to him being appointed consultant to the European Community, the French Ministry of Culture and UNESCO.

He is on the editorial board of the principal European journals of communication and author of many publications both in Italy and abroad.

Bibliography

His most recent works are:

• 'La tv che conta. Televisione come impresa', Baskerville, Bologna,1993;
• 'L'economia dei media. Questioni teoriche', Istituto di Economia dei Media, Milano, 1994 (con A. Pilati);
• 'Le reti mercato e l'economia dell'industria editoriale', Centro Studi San Salvador, Telecom, Italia, Venezia, 1995.