College of Mass Communication & Media Arts - Cinzia Padovani

Cinzia Padovani

Department of Radio-Television

Cinzia Padovani: Associate Professor; SIUC Faculty Since 2005
Contact Information: Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it; Room: 2223 Communications Bldg.; Curriculum Vitae: Download Cinzia Padovani's CV; SIUC Directory: Cinzia Padovani; Website: Visit the web site for A Fatal Attraction
Education: Ph.D. at University of Colorado at Boulder, 1999; Master's at University of L'Aquila Italy, 1988

Interests

Comparative and international media policy studies, social movements and the media, public service media, International communication.

Biography

Cinzia Padovani, PhD, Assistant Professor Ph.D. (1999, University of Colorado Boulder ) teaches undergraduate and graduate classes in international and global media, and the political economy of media institutions. Dr. Padovani is currently working on two book projects (one in which she explores the formation of public discourse about digital television in Italy, the other one on public service media). She is the author of A Fatal Attraction Public Television and Politics in Italy, Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005 (Italian translation, Attrazione Fatale, Televisione pubblica e politica in Italia, Trieste: Asterios, 2007). Her work has been presented at national and international conferences, published in books, as well as in peer reviewed publications such as Javnost/The public, Television and New Media, The International Journal of Communication, The Asian Journal of Communication, The International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics.