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

Gunther, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521777437 ISBN 13: 9780521777438

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2000

Inhaltsangabe

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.

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Críticas

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

Reseña del editor

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.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0521777437
• ISBN 13: 9780521777438
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 516