Democracy and the Media: A Comparative Perspective (Communication, Society and Politics) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521771803 ISBN 13: 9780521771801

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2000

Synopsis

This book presents a systematic overview and assessment of the impacts of politics on the media, and of the media on politics, in authoritarian, transitional and democratic regimes in Russia, Spain, Hungary, Chile, Italy, Great Britain, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, and the United States. Its analysis of the interactions between macro- and micro-level factors incorporates the disciplinary perspectives of political science, mass communications, sociology and social psychology. These essays show that media's effects on politics are the product of often complex and contingent interactions among various causal factors, including media technologies, the structure of the media market, the legal and regulatory framework, the nature of basic political institutions, and the characteristics of individual citizens. The authors' conclusions challenge a number of conventional wisdoms concerning the political roles and effects of the mass media on regime support and change, on the political behavior of citizens, and on the quality of democracy.

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Review:

'... a useful teaching tool in courses of political science or communication.' Acta Politica

Book Description:

This book presents a unique perspective on the relationship between politics and the media in different political regimes. The conclusions challenge conventional wisdom concerning the political roles and effects of the mass media on regime support and change, on the political behavior of citizens, and on the quality of democracy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0521771803
• ISBN 13: 9780521771801
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 516
• Editor: Gunther Richard, Mughan Anthony