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"Journalism and the city: Redefining the spaces of foreign correspondence" (2014)
Journal Article
Archetti, C. (2014). "Journalism and the city: Redefining the spaces of foreign correspondence". Journalism Studies, 15(5), 586-595. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2014.894354

Place matters a great deal in journalism, even in the era of the ‘death of geography.’ Yet space never produces effects through its existence alone. To understand the relevance of location beyond its most immediate assigned role of ‘logistic constrai... Read More about "Journalism and the city: Redefining the spaces of foreign correspondence".

Politicians, personal image and the construction of political identity : a comparative study of the UK and Italy (2014)
Book
Archetti, C. (2014). Politicians, personal image and the construction of political identity : a comparative study of the UK and Italy. Basingstoke: Palgrave. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137353429

Is the media obsession with image leading to a degeneration of politics? Are politicians more concerned with their appearances than with policy substance? By relying on the frank and colorful voices of over 50 politicians across the UK and Italy, th... Read More about Politicians, personal image and the construction of political identity : a comparative study of the UK and Italy.

Review of Alice Mattoni, media practices and protest politics : how precarious workers mobilise (2013)
Journal Article
Archetti, C. (2013). Review of Alice Mattoni, media practices and protest politics : how precarious workers mobilise. Contemporary Italian Politics, 5(2), 232-234

How do precarious workers employed in call-centres, universities, the fashion industry and many other labour markets organise, struggle and communicate to become recognised, influential political subjects? "Media Practices and Protest Politics; How P... Read More about Review of Alice Mattoni, media practices and protest politics : how precarious workers mobilise.

Media impact on diplomatic practice (2013)
Book Chapter
Archetti, C. (2013). Media impact on diplomatic practice. In I. Neumann, & H. Leira (Eds.), International Diplomacy (1-30). London: SAGE Publications

(Mis)Communication wars : terrorism, counterterrorism and the media (2013)
Book Chapter
Archetti, C. (2013). (Mis)Communication wars : terrorism, counterterrorism and the media. In D. Welch (Ed.), Propaganda, Power and Persuasion : From the First World War to Wikileaks (209-224). London: IB Tauris

This chapter is part of a book dedicated to the memory of Professor Philip Taylor. It critically reviews existing assessments about the role of media and communication technologies in the current phenomenon of international terrorism. It demonstrates... Read More about (Mis)Communication wars : terrorism, counterterrorism and the media.

Which future for foreign correspondence? London foreign correspondents in the age of global media (2012)
Journal Article
Archetti, C. (2012). Which future for foreign correspondence? London foreign correspondents in the age of global media. Journalism Studies, 13(5-6), 847-856. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2012.664352

This article challenges the widespread idea that, in an age of instantaneous and ubiquitously accessible information, foreign correspondents are doomed to disappear. The last study of foreign correspondents in the London hub was conducted 30 years ag... Read More about Which future for foreign correspondence? London foreign correspondents in the age of global media.

Understanding terrorism in the age of global media: A communication Approach (2012)
Book
Archetti, C. (2012). Understanding terrorism in the age of global media: A communication Approach. Basingstoke: Palgrave

We cannot truly understand terrorism in the 21st century—let alone counter it effectively—unless we also understand the processes of communication that underpin it. The book challenges existing terrorism research showing that current approaches are i... Read More about Understanding terrorism in the age of global media: A communication Approach.

The impact of new media on diplomatic practice : an evolutionary model of change (2012)
Journal Article
Archetti, C. (2012). The impact of new media on diplomatic practice : an evolutionary model of change. Hague Journal of Diplomacy, 7(2), 181-206. https://doi.org/10.1163/187119112X625538

Based on a range of interviews with foreign diplomats in London, the article explains the considerable variation in the way communication technologies both affect diplomatic practices and are appropriated by diplomats to pursue the respective countri... Read More about The impact of new media on diplomatic practice : an evolutionary model of change.

Rebranding terror (2010)
Journal Article
Archetti, C. (2010). Rebranding terror

Ten years after its most devastating attack, al-Qaeda has turned into a franchiser, publisher, and occasional climate-change activist. Can the world’s most deadly terrorist group go mainstream and keep its edge?

Comparing international coverage of 9/11 : towards an interdisciplinary explanation of the construction of news (2010)
Journal Article
Archetti, C. (2010). Comparing international coverage of 9/11 : towards an interdisciplinary explanation of the construction of news. Journalism, 11(5), 567-588. https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884910373536

This article presents an interdisciplinary model attempting to explain how news is constructed by relying on the contributions of different fields of study: News Sociology, Political Communications, International Communications, International Relatio... Read More about Comparing international coverage of 9/11 : towards an interdisciplinary explanation of the construction of news.

Media impact on diplomatic practice: An evolutionary model of change (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Archetti, C. (2010, September). Media impact on diplomatic practice: An evolutionary model of change. Presented at American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Convention, Washington, DC

Based on a range of interviews with foreign diplomats in London, the paper explains the considerable variation in the way communication technologies both affect diplomatic practices and are appropriated by diplomats to pursue the respective countries... Read More about Media impact on diplomatic practice: An evolutionary model of change.

Explaining news : national politics and journalistic cultures in global context (2010)
Book
Archetti, C. (2010). Explaining news : national politics and journalistic cultures in global context. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230109667

Is globalization leading to a worldwide homogenization of news? Is news shaped by political spin? Or is news controlled by the professionals who produce it? By systematically testing a range of theories, this book demonstrates the inability of curren... Read More about Explaining news : national politics and journalistic cultures in global context.

Unamerican Views: Why US-developed models of press-state relations don't apply to the rest of the world (2008)
Journal Article
Archetti, C. (2008). Unamerican Views: Why US-developed models of press-state relations don't apply to the rest of the world. Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture, 5(3), 4-26

The article shows the limitations of the 'indexing' hypothesis, an influential conceptualization of state-press relations based on the notion that the media tend to reproduce the range of debate within political elites. The hypothesis, as confirmed b... Read More about Unamerican Views: Why US-developed models of press-state relations don't apply to the rest of the world.

News coverage of 9/11 and the demise of the media flows, globalization and localization hypotheses (2008)
Journal Article
Archetti, C. (2008). News coverage of 9/11 and the demise of the media flows, globalization and localization hypotheses. International Communication Gazette, 70(6), 463-486. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748048508096143

An international comparative study of the elite press framing of 9/11 in the US, Italy, France and Pakistan reveals that there is no empirical backing for the claims of three core strands of research about news exchanges within the field of Internati... Read More about News coverage of 9/11 and the demise of the media flows, globalization and localization hypotheses.

A multidisciplinary understanding of news: Comparing elite press framing of 9/11 in the US, Italy, France and Pakistan (2007)
Journal Article
Archetti, C. (2007). A multidisciplinary understanding of news: Comparing elite press framing of 9/11 in the US, Italy, France and Pakistan. Journal of International Communication, 13(1), 86-118

Political Communications, International Communications, News Sociology, all claim to offer an explanation for what shapes the news, but provide extremely different, if not contradictory suggestions. Political communications almost takes for granted t... Read More about A multidisciplinary understanding of news: Comparing elite press framing of 9/11 in the US, Italy, France and Pakistan.