Europe in the age of sad narratives. Terrorism, media representations and fear in Italy and beyond

What has been said so far allows us to advance some proposals for; solutions to improve the relationship between media and communication; the need for a trans-disciplinary dialogue in relation to terrorism on a global level. The solutions proposed focus on four main points: Communication and its industrial and propagandistic power, also considering its ability to foster symbolic violence (Galtung, 1968; Bourdieu e Passeron, 1970; Gallino 2004; Boltanski, 2000). There is the need to manage the effects of medial storytelling upon such complex topics in order to counteract the logic of emergency and of sensationalism at any cost; Given that politics and its (national and supranational) institutions have strategic functions, it is necessary to develop a transnational training project for law enforcement personnel and communication operators involving the network of law enforcement Schools, international journalistic agencies, and European universities.