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Crisis Communication and Governance: Lessons Learned from Covid − 19 Pandemic in Italy

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  • Barbara Lucini

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The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 has brought out the image of a world that is increasingly interconnected, interdependent and exposed to multiple forms of natural and human-induced risks. In accordance with this scenario, the aim of this paper is to provide a theoretical in -depth study to reflect on the communication practices and narratives produced on the occasion of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in Italy in 2020, considering the national institutional communications and those of the Lombardy Region, the first affected by the Covid-19 epidemic, produced in the first weeks of epidemic spread.

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  • Barbara Lucini, 2025. "Crisis Communication and Governance: Lessons Learned from Covid − 19 Pandemic in Italy," Public Organization Review, Springer, vol. 25(1), pages 27-42, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:porgrv:v:25:y:2025:i:1:d:10.1007_s11115-025-00817-0
    DOI: 10.1007/s11115-025-00817-0
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