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Book Review: Global News: Reporting Conflicts and Cosmopolitanism by Alexa Robertson

modern form of electronic media. As Berlusconi’s political influence began to wane, a new character appeared on the scene. Beppe Grillo was a comedian-turned-political activist. He launched a blog in 2004 that became one of the world’s most visited, according to Technorati. The blog became the launch pad for what would become a new political party, the Five Star Movement, with Grillo as its leader. Where Berlusconi had been the master of the earlier medium of television, Grillo was the sage of online communication. He used social media and encouraged followers to set up their own local groups using social platform Meetup. Grillo may represent a new approach to political activism, but his following is as much a function of the personalization of politics as Berlusconi’s was. The author is a senior lecturer at the University of Westminster, and has published work about Italian television for nearly a decade. This book obviously will serve not only as an important reference for scholars interested in Italian media and politics, but also as an interesting case study for anyone interested in the political rise of millionaires with bigger-than-life personalities.