Danilo Aprigliano

Articles

Supercazzole

It happens a little too often - on television, in newspapers, on blogs, on the web, on social media - to attend performances (even quite extreme, at times) in which commentators (almost never improvised, eh!) Hover in a vortex supercazzolista of words and phrases that they aspire to interpret

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The language of propaganda: 'Il Fatto Quotidiano'

Observing the language of the press linked to the phenomenon of grillism is an excellent method to grasp the systems of thought and methods of propaganda. Let's try to draw some lines starting from ilfattoquotidiano.it. By analyzing the semantics and lexicon of titles and articles, we can easily see how often terms occur

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Trust in the EU falls to historic lows.

My translation for Daidaidai Milano of the article by Ian Traynor which appeared in The Guardian on 24 April 2013. Citizens' trust in the European Union has fallen to historic lows in the six main countries of the Union itself, raising fundamental questions about its democratic legitimacy for more than three years in the worst crisis that

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About the government

If we all began to behave as well-informed citizens, we participated with intelligence and culture in public affairs, we had a sense of community and the sense of being part of a common project, things would gradually (but significantly) improve and we could finally go back to be a country of which

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