Cantonal Meeting for the Elderly Person ATTE

On the occasion of the "International Day of Older Persons" on October 24, 2024, the Associazione Ticinese Terza Età (ATTE)  organized the Cantonal Meeting for Older Persons. The event featured a roundtable discussion with speaker Eleonora Benecchi (lecturer and researcher at USI), panelists Mario Timbal (journalist and director of Radiotelevisione Svizzera di lingua italiana (RSI)) and Andrea Leoni (journalist at Teleticino and Liberatv), and moderator Laura Zucchetti (editor-in-chief at Radio31 and Teleticino).

Meeting titled: “Public Opinion and the Information Revolution. The Role and Responsibility of Mass Media in Shaping Public Opinion Today: Challenges, Opportunities, and Risks between Traditional and New Media”. A central topic in today’s debate, the issue of information and the use of traditional and digital media is marked by both opportunities and challenges. During the roundtable discussion, the “Questionnaire on Daily Media Use and Intergenerational Networks of Over-65s” was also presented. This questionnaire aims to understand the daily use of digital and traditional media (e.g., phone, radio, social networks) by individuals over 65, both in individual contexts and in interactions with others (e.g., friends, children, spouse).