Media, Politics and Democracy

3rd Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-137-50123-3
Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL

Buch, Englisch, 260 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 596 g

The third edition of Media, Politics and Democracy examines the fraught debate over media influence, who wields it and what effect social and traditional media has on what we think, how we behave, and how we vote. Charting the media conglomerates of old, the alarming rise of the Tech Giants in recent decades, concerns over ‘fake news’, and the use of social media by political candidates, this book places contemporary anxieties into historical context and compares the response to such issues across different states and societies. Using examples from around the world, Street tackles the changing nature of political communications and brings under scrutiny the question of how a democratic society can function alongside a democratic media.

Suitable for students studying Politics and the Media, Political Communications and other related fields.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Street, John

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Kommunikation und Partizipation

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- PART I: REPRESENTING POLITICS.- Political Bias.- Telling Tales: The Reporting of Politics.- It's Just for Fun: Politics and Entertainment.- Media Effects.- PART II: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF MASS MEDIA.- State Control and State Propaganda.- Conglomerate Control: Media Moguls and Media Power.- Tech Giants and the Global Webs of Media Power.- Watchdogs or Lapdogs? The Politics of Journalism.- PART III: MASS MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY.- Transforming Political Communication? From Political Marketing to Celebrity Politics.- Digital Media, Digital Politics?.- Power and Mass Media.- A Free Press: Democracy and Mass Media.- Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

John Street is a Professor of Politics at the University of East Anglia, UK. He has written extensively about the relationship between political communication, media and popular culture.