The media narration of the pandemic showed the meaningful informative relevance of risky situations, especially when they impact on everyday life and human freedom. The media narration of the pandemic showed the meaningful informative relevance of risky situations, especially when they impact on everyday life and human freedom. This is what recent studies have brought to light, thanks to successful theoretical insights in the field of communication studies, as in the case of Mazzoli’s “media patchwork”. Technology, entertainment, journalism have turned “media logic” into a shared social culture. The (sometimes criminal) narration of risks marks daily life, not only within the political, health and institutional spheres at large.
In the second part of the course, the volume edited by Mazzoli and Menduni (2022) will be analyzed, so as to understand how the first global disaster of the social media era changed communication, leadership and the principle of authority, preventive measures and the respect of for scientific skills, the dilemmas of science and ethical questions on the right to live and to be treated. Hence the focus on the profession of journalism as described by those in the field: professionals of information, editors, columnists and talk show presenters.