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Coronavirus: the Abruzzese sociologist, I don't think we will come out better - Lifestyle

2020-04-07T08:30:35.748Z


"Many say that we will get better out of this experience. I believe it less. In the past, once the emergency was over, we always returned to ordinary behavior. (ANSA)


"Many say that we will get better out of this experience. I believe it less. In the past, once the emergency was over, we always returned to ordinary behavior. If this were the case again, we would move from obliged solidarity to unleashed conflict". The sociologist Alberto Abruzzese, a life dedicated to the study of cultural processes and communication, reflects on the planetary crisis triggered by the coronavirus prefiguring an "after" full of problems and unknowns. "We are all affected by the confusion of information, from real information to fake news - he says -. The media must deal with a market that processes news in a certain way because it needs audiences and with the political ruling classes and the economy that are aiming to assert partisan interests. In the face of an uncertain future, these two sectors are preparing to recover when the strength of the virus decreases ". On other grounds, he notes, the virus had an immediate effect. "The debate on the contrast between man and the network, between analogue and digital language is outdated. Digital innovation is now an established fact. In this sense, catastrophes have always accelerated change".
How did the communication system react? Isn't there a risk of a media bombing of the pandemic? "There is an alarmed audience looking for continuous information and an audience interested in fiction to compensate for the tension.
I would see well an organization that at this stage had an authority on the programming of all the networks to distribute the news well, avoid obsession, commit them to informative appointments and calibrate the programs that deal with this theme also thinking about the after. Or the self-regulation of each network. "Many speak of a war scenario." It depends on the war we think about. In this phase we are not the one experienced by our fathers and grandparents, but in the condition of those exposed to snipers. You die individually, without knowing it. The difficulty is imagining what will be the next. Will it end and will there be peace? Will the situation worsen, or will we have a peace full of new sufferings and problems? There is nothing that can reassure us. "
What kind of changes is to be expected? "Habits are the dimension that transforms more slowly. Now the attention is focused on the search for the solution, the fear concerns the body and the risk of dying. Then the problem will be survival in an unfair and cruel social environment. There will be a great chaos, a tremendous economic crisis, a conflict multiplied between lobbies, classes and factions ". Abruzzese believes that the parliamentary majority, despite contradictions, delays and second thoughts, overall reacted well." If at the top there were the right they would have tried to exploit, contrary to what happens in the regions where the right has shown ability ''. This experience, according to the sociologist, highlighted a fundamental element: "There will be greater attention to the competent people and their training. The profession has meaning only if merged with a great sense of civil responsibility.
In recent years, however, a system focused on technicality and the training of professionals without vocation has emerged in universities. "It is certain that the globalization of the virus has re-proposed a strongly centralized vision on how to deal with it." The states have reaffirmed the borders. Fear makes the walls rise, it happened with blacks, with immigrants ... There may be physical barriers but markets react on a global scale. The body is nailed in its perimeter, while the economy and finance march in a globalized way ". (ANSA).

Source: ansa

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