The use and abuse of alcohol by young people are debated social issues in Italy, particularly as regards the changes in the quantity and the style of consumption observed. The present contribution examines the relationship between political choices and the representations diffused by the media. In detail, this research compares the contents of laws regulating the use and sale of alcohol with the way in which alcohol-related issues are represented by the press. Drawing on a preliminary analysis of the entire corpus of Italian laws (from 1940 to 2009), three turning points in the regulation of alcoholics in Italy were identified: 1999, 2003, and 2009. The current contribution focused on these three years. The norms issued by the Italian Parliament in 1999, 2003, and 2009 and a representative sample of articles published on “alcohol and young people” by the two most read Italian generalist newspapers (La Repubblica and Il Corriere della Sera) constituted the textual corpus of this investi

Alcohol as an object of social construction: a mixed methods approach to joint analysis of the press and the Italian laws / Leone, Giovanna; Mingo, Isabella; Sarrica, Mauro; B., Treglia. - STAMPA. - 1:(2012), pp. 603-616. (Intervento presentato al convegno JADT 2012, 11es Journées Internationales d'analyse statistique des données textuelles tenutosi a Università di Liegi (Belgio) nel 13-15 juin 2012).

Alcohol as an object of social construction: a mixed methods approach to joint analysis of the press and the Italian laws

LEONE, GIOVANNA;MINGO, Isabella;SARRICA, Mauro;
2012

Abstract

The use and abuse of alcohol by young people are debated social issues in Italy, particularly as regards the changes in the quantity and the style of consumption observed. The present contribution examines the relationship between political choices and the representations diffused by the media. In detail, this research compares the contents of laws regulating the use and sale of alcohol with the way in which alcohol-related issues are represented by the press. Drawing on a preliminary analysis of the entire corpus of Italian laws (from 1940 to 2009), three turning points in the regulation of alcoholics in Italy were identified: 1999, 2003, and 2009. The current contribution focused on these three years. The norms issued by the Italian Parliament in 1999, 2003, and 2009 and a representative sample of articles published on “alcohol and young people” by the two most read Italian generalist newspapers (La Repubblica and Il Corriere della Sera) constituted the textual corpus of this investi
2012
JADT 2012, 11es Journées Internationales d'analyse statistique des données textuelles
social construction; mixed-disegn approach; alcohol addiction; Italian press; Italian laws; textual analysis
04 Pubblicazione in atti di convegno::04b Atto di convegno in volume
Alcohol as an object of social construction: a mixed methods approach to joint analysis of the press and the Italian laws / Leone, Giovanna; Mingo, Isabella; Sarrica, Mauro; B., Treglia. - STAMPA. - 1:(2012), pp. 603-616. (Intervento presentato al convegno JADT 2012, 11es Journées Internationales d'analyse statistique des données textuelles tenutosi a Università di Liegi (Belgio) nel 13-15 juin 2012).
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