Category Archives: Media education

Perhaps it is because two of my daughters are part of the generation sadly renamed "the Covid Generation," made up of adolescents and pre-adolescents, that I am particularly sensitive to the discomfort that young people are experiencing at this time. Certainly there are and have been situations similar or worse than this. Consider those who…

In a world “without fathers” – in which fatherhood seems to be increasingly more fluid and difficult to exercise – Pope Francis proposes looking at a father figure who today’s society greatly needs. It is well-known that the Pope announced (on December 8th, 2020) that 2021 will be a special year dedicated to St. Joseph,…

Among the consequences that Covid-19 brought with it over the last year has been a significant increase in the use of pornographic content. A research carried out by the institute Eumetra and Pornhub, a well-known pornographic site, have demonstrated this increase, according to the news agency Adnkronos. As for the country where I live, Italy,…

We noticed that among the most read articles of 2020 there is one that outlines ten tips on how to improve communication within the family. Such great interest in this article might be due to the fact that we have found ourselves home-bound for the past year in the midst of a global health crisis.…

It's been over a year now that we've maintained relationships "filtered" by screens – and not just because we choose to do so. I've noticed how the tools that often help us communicate (and we have to admit that they really do help us communicate in this day and age!) sometimes make us fall victim…

Just watch the news or read the front pages of newspapers and you’ll soon realize how violence, even in societies that we are used to calling "evolved,” is still very prevalent in every age group and in every social stratum. But how can we stop the phenomenon of violence? There would be a lot to…

Euthanasia is becoming an increasingly common legal option in the Western world. The former Dutch administration, led by liberal Mark Rutte until his recent resignation, expanded access to euthanasia for terminal patients ages one to twelve years old – with their parents’ consent. While in New Zealand, 65% of voters voted in favor of euthanasia…

It's the open door to your room to remind me that you're not there. It is always wide open when you leave, and always closed when you come back. At the beginning, but I couldn't even say when it started, I experienced it as an exclusion, and I was sorry, I confess. Now, it's not…

The evolution of people into more informed and alert consumers has caused a great transformation in branding communication, focusing increasingly on the creation of useful content to inform and entertain their consumers. This is also true for pharmaceutical companies that now have the opportunity (and the mission) to support patients from a distance. This support…

We at Family and media often propose analyses, research done on the media, on the world of communications in general, and on the family. We like to report data with context, so as to offer tools for discerning, interpreting, and building better relationships with others (especially within the family), while also taking into account our…