La funzione di comunicazione delle pubbliche amministrazioni tra dinamiche di apertura ed esigenze di partecipazione

This research wants to follow the elements that characterize the administrative function inside the public communications activities, and to highlight the distintive aspects, considering the changes that involved the public administration within the current process of open government. Preliminary to reconstruction is the study of the concept of “function”, examined in deph by public law doctrine. After this introduction, emerges that public function’s communication is already consolidated because is largely recognized by doctrine, noticing the presence of some elements: global interest in public information, connected to the right of citizens to be informed, juridical importance, related to the right and obligation to know, and the presence of legislation; the organisation in specific offices. From the doctrine debate emerged some opinions that qualified the public communication as a special system, for the difficulty to be objective. Thi aspect influenced the rule of communication in the realization a democratic system to guarantee openess to public institution and participation of citizens, and concern relation between communication and power. This issue originated from evanescent border between institutional communication and politics communication, that is connected to the risk of becoming propaganda that compromise the impartiality of public function. In its origin lives the distinction of its informational process to promote image of administration and who rules it, and of communication process that realize a citizen’s dialogue. This aspect gets more importance considering the expansion of public function, that today is an essential factor in the administrative action, based on transparency, openess, and participation. Here’s a thought on the necessity to combine this metamorphosis, with a revision of legislation, starting from law n. 150/2000, and digitisation process. This riform will consider transformation inside connection between public administration and citizens, and priority necessity to guarantee objectivity and impartiality to communication’s activities. All of this to ensure the respect of the general interest of knowledge.