Elisa Manna, sociologist, has a degree in Philosophy and Sociology. University researcher until 1985 and Censis researcher until 1992, she has been head of Censis Cultural Policies Sector since 1994. During the course of almost thirty years of research activity she has supervised many sociological research studies, constantly pursuing and promoting investigations into the sphere of cultural processes and institutions, the influence of means of mass communication, social pluralism in relation to the mass media system, immigrants and ethnic minorities, and issues relating to women, minors and infants. These studies have been conducted on behalf of institutional and private customers, including the European Council, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Education, Rai – Radiotelevisione Italiana, the Italian Episcopal Conference and numerous municipalities. She has published numerous scientific publications, including: Età evolutiva e televisione (The years of growth and television), 1982; La videoindipendenza (TV indipendence), 1996; Secondo me, la mafia (The mafia, in my opinion), 1996. As vice president of the Gennaro Manna Cultural Association she created the “Gennaro Manna” essay prize in conjunction with the Municipality of Rome. She sits on numerous committees, including: the “TV and minors” government committee for the enforcement of the “TV and minors” Code of Practice; the international scientific committee of the Unesco /Grrem Forum “Jeunes et medias, domain”, the Panel of Lecturers of the RASS (Applied Research in Social Sciences) research doctorate of the “La Sapienza” University of Rome, the Honour Committee of the “Women in Music” Adkins Chiti Foundation and the scientific committee of the Women Resources Foundation.