: Analyze the role of barbershops , pharmacies, and the Rialto market as critical hubs for the circulation of news, rumors, and hand-copied newsletters ( avvisi ). 3. Key Actors in the Network

: Orality and Power: The Intersection of Elite and Popular Information Networks in Early Modern Venice 1. Introduction

Conclude that information was a "political fact" that blurred the lines between propaganda and pettegolezzo (gossip). :

: Patrizi, informatori, barbieri (Feltrinelli, 2012).