La costruzione dell'«eccezionale» come risorsa per il consenso. Il terremoto tra celebrazione mediale e opportunismo politico

The article concerns the earthquake in the Abruzzi studying strategies exploited by both journalists and politicians to use this event as a communicative resource. Starting from the analysis of press and television coverage, authors highlight the different roles played by journalists, government and, overall, by the Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, focusing on a paradigmatic event: the delivery of new houses for earthquake victims.