Contemporary Italian Youth Television

Luca Barra  is Professor of Television and Media Studies at the Università di Bologna, Italy. He published widely on TV production and distribution cultures, comedy genres, the global circulation of media products, and the evolution of the contemporary media landscape.

Danielle Hipkins  is Professor of Italian Studies and Film at the University of Exeter, UK. She is currently co-authoring  Girlhood and the Italian Screen: A Girls’-Eye View of Italian cinema and television .

Catherine O’Rawe  is Professor of Italian Film and Culture at Bristol University, UK. Her publications include  Stars and Masculinities in Contemporary Italian Cinema  (2014) and  The Non-Professional Actor. Italian Neorealist Cinema and Beyond  (2023).

Dana Renga  is Professor of Italian and Dean of Arts and Humanities at The Ohio State University, USA. She has published widely in Italian media studies, in particular on the mafia, and is working on the monograph  #CastingStardom in Contemporary Italian Serial Television .