The dominant mood among 65% of Italians is uncertainty . From the economic crisis, anxiety about the future and distrust of others have led to a year-by-year wear and tear on one side resulting in "individual stratagems" of self-defense and on the other in "growing anti-democratic impulses", increasing the "messianic waiting of the strong man who resolves everything". The Censis notes this in the last Report on the social situation of the country . For 48% of Italians it would take "a strong man in power" who should not worry about Parliament and elections.
62% of Italians are convinced that we should not leave the European Union, but 25%, one in four, is instead in favor of Italxit, emerges from the latest Censis report. If 61% say no to the return of the lira, 24% are favorable and if 49% say they are against the reactivation of customs at the internal borders of the EU, considered an obstacle to the free movement of goods and people, 32% would instead to put them back.
In recent times a dangerous drift towards hatred, intolerance and racism towards minorities seems to be mounted . 69.8% of Italians are convinced that episodes of intolerance and racism towards immigrants have increased in the last year. A net figure, confirmed crosswise, with higher values in Central Italy (75.7%) and in the South (70.2%), among the over 65 (71%) and women (72.2%). This can be seen from the 53rd Censis report which indicates that for 58% of the interviewees anti-Semitism has also increased.
The increase in employment in 2018 (+321,000 employed) and in the first months of 2019 is a "bluff" that does not produce income and growth . According to the Censis the recession's balance sheet is of 867,000 full-time employees and 1.2 million more part-time. The involuntary part-time concerns 2.7 million workers, with a boom among young people (+ 71.6% since 2007). From the beginning of the crisis to 2018, the salaries of employees have fallen by over 1,000 euros every year. The workers earning less than 9 euros a gross hour are 2.9 million.
25.8% of those who own a smartphone do not leave home without the charger in tow . Over half (50.9%) check the phone as a first gesture in the morning or the last activity in the evening before going to sleep. These are some snapshots taken in the 53rd Censis Report which show how the large-scale diffusion of 'smart' mobile phones over the course of ten years ended up shaping our desires and habits. In 2018 the number of mobile phones exceeded that of TV.
The increase in employment in 2018 (+321,000 employed) and in the first months of 2019 is a "bluff" that does not produce income and growth. For Censis, the recession balance sheet is 867,000 full-time employees and 1.2 million more part-time. The involuntary part-time concerns 2.7 million workers, with a boom among young people (+ 71.6% since 2007). From the beginning of the crisis to 2018, the salaries of employees have fallen by over 1,000 euros every year. The workers earning less than 9 euros a gross hour are 2.9 million.
73.2% of Italians are convinced that violence against women is a real problem in our society that shows that in Italy there is still a strong disparity between men and women, while 23.3% believe it is a problem that concerns only a small minority, marginalized from an economic and social point of view. Only 3.5% of the population believe that this is not a problem and that they are isolated cases that are given excessive media attention. But in the period between 1 August 2018 and 31 July 2019 in Italy there were 92 homicides of women matured in the family and affective sphere. In the same period there were 12.733 complaints of stalking and in 76% of cases the victim was a woman. Complaints of ill-treatment against family members and cohabitants were 15,626 in 2017 and in 80% of cases the injured party was a woman. The sexual violence reported in 2018 was 4,887, up 5.5% in one year.
In 2017, 31.1% of Italian emigrants with at least 25 years had a university degree and 53.7% were between 18 and 39 years (average age of 33 for men and 30 for women). Between 2013 and 2017 not only the number of graduates transferred abroad increased (+ 41.8%), but also the number of graduates (+ 32.9%). Between 2008 and 2017 the balances with foreigners of 20-34 year olds with medium-high educational qualifications are negative in all Italian regions. Those with the highest number of qualified young people transferred abroad are Lombardy (-24,000), Sicily (-13,000), Veneto (-12,000), Lazio (-11,000) and Campania (-10,000). The Center-North, especially Lombardy and Emilia Romagna, compensated for these losses by draining human resources from the South.
The "angry" are mainly informed through the news (66.6% compared to 65% on average), the radio newspapers (22.8% compared to 20%) and newspapers (16.7% compared to 14.8 %). Among the users of "compulsive" social networks (those who continuously monitor what happens on social media, often intervene and solicit discussions) we find peaks above the average of both optimists (22.3%) and pessimists (24.3%). To read the news they choose Facebook (46%) as a second source, not far from the newscasts (55.1%), and they appreciate information websites (29.4%). Facebook (48.6%) reaches the peak of attention among "exhibitionist" users (they often publish posts, photos and videos to express their ideas and show everyone what they do). The "pragmatists" (they use social media to contact friends and acquaintances) call themselves pessimistic (14.6%) and more confused (30.7%). While the "spectators" (they watch posts, photos and videos of the others, but never intervene), are not very pessimistic (17.1%). The media influence the moods of Italians, as shown by the 53rd Censis Report on the social situation of the country. In general, media diets - says the research institute - have undergone a major transformation. In 2009, people with only audiovisual diets (radio and traditional television), that is users with the poorest diets, were 26.4% of Italians. Their number has progressively decreased and in 2018 they represent 17.9% of the total. 73.5% of the population has surpassed the digital divide (48.7% in 2009: + 24.8% in ten years) and one third of Italians have a rich and balanced media diet, in which all find space the main media (audiovisual, printed and digital): they are 35.5% in 2018, but the figure is stable because they were 35.8% even ten years ago. The most complete media diets are the prerogative of the 30-44 year old class (41.5%), followed by those aged between 45 and 64 (39%), while young people under 30 are placed, with their 34.4% , below the average figure. The explanation of this shortage among the youngest is given by the number of those who use all the media except those in print, which in this age range reach 52.8%, clearly above the 38% referred to the total population.