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OECD
World
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Key
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Statistics,
Statistics,Knowledge
Knowledgeand
andPolicy
Policy
Palermo,
10-13
November
2004
Palermo,
10-13
November
2004
OECD World Forum “Statistics, Knowledge and Policy”, Palermo, 10-13 November 2004
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Informing with Statistics
• A few statistics on information
in Italy
• Information about economic
policy without statistics
• Statistics on the watchdog
website www.lavoce.info
OECD World Forum “Statistics, Knowledge and Policy”, Palermo, 10-13 November 2004
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Media in Italy
Large industrial groups own:
• The first five newspapers (elsewhere no
more than 30%; just Chile and Singapore
like Italy)
• 50% of the TV share (the remaining 50%
in public hands; thus 100% coverage of
private, as in Russia)
• 21% of the advertising market (like
Argentina and many small countries)
OECD World Forum “Statistics, Knowledge and Policy”, Palermo, 10-13 November 2004
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The hidden concentration of newspapers
(Marco Gambaro, La concentrazione nascosta, www.lavoce.info, 8-11-2004)
INDICI DI CONCENTRAZIONE PER CATEGORIE DI
QUOTIDIANI, 2000
Copie medie Quota media Herfindahl
per testata vendite
Index
nazionali per
testata
Nazionali
365566
Sportivi
251169
Economici
218170
Politici
66635
Multiregionali
135116
Regionali
52713
Provinciali
38177
Elaborazione su dati Ads
0.066
0.046
0.040
0.012
0.025
0.010
0.007
0.068
0.052
0.051
0.052
0.145
0.207
0.280
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Quota media Quota
mercato
di mercato
riferimento relativa.
0.095
0.056
0.041
0.013
0.275
0.342
0.437
0.749
0.460
0.356
0.112
2.442
2.922
3.684
di Quota
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Herfindahl
0.173
0.068
0.050
0.004
0.577
0.598
0.731
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Daily circulation of newspapers per 10,000 individuals
'Poor' daily circulation/ population
180
160
140
120
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Informing with numbers?
• “… the spectre of poverty spreads across uncharted
territories: the middle class is forced, for the first time in
decades, to face the danger of an impending
proletarization. Upwards social mobility is hampered,
while the path of downwards mobility is like a motorway.
The mechanics of redistribution broke down and wealth
is the more and more concentrated at the top of the
social ladder. The society of the three thirds – which we
had feared a few years ago – is now a reality: one third
of hyper-protected, one third of poor, and one third at risk
of poverty” (Fara-Eurispes, 2004, p. 7).
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Low Income Persons (% of population)
22
20
below 60%
of median
18
16
14
below 50%
of median
12
10
8
6
below absolute line
4
1991
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www.lavoce.info: persons registered to the newsletter
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