Katrin Voltmer (ed.)

Mass Media and Political Communication in New Democracies

Herausgeber: Voltmer, Katrin

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Produktbeschreibung

Using a comparative approach, this book examines how political communication and the mass media have played an important role in the consolidation of democratic institutions. Covering a broad range of political and cultural contexts, including Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa, the authors evaluate the assumptions as to how different contexts and pathways to democracy may alter the role of the media and the way in which they are employed by political actors. Each Cast study explores: - How each of the participants in political communication adapts to the new political environment - How conflicting norms and interests shape the political discourse in new democracies - The way in which the audience interprets and is vulnerable to political messages - The role of the Internet This book will be of interest to those studying and researching democracy, comparative politics, political communication, journalism, media and the internet.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 159mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 549g
• ISBN-13: 9780415337793
• ISBN-10: 0415337798
• Artikelnr.: 22384027

Autorenporträt

Katrin Voltmer is Senior Lecturer of Political Communication at the Institute of Communications Studies, University of Leeds, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Mass Media and The Dynamics of Political Communication in Processes
of Democratization - An Introduction Part 1: The Mass Media and
Journalistic Practice - Normative Dilemmas, Professionalization and
Political Instrumentalization 2. The Role of the Press in Times of
Transition: The Building of the Spanish Democracy (1975 - 78) 3. 'In the
Name of Democracy': The Paradox of Democracy and Press Freedom in
Post-Communist Russia 4. Conflicts of Interest? Debating the Media's Role
in Post-Apartheid South Africa 5. In Journalism We Trust? Credibility and
Fragmented Journalism in Latin America 6. Old and New Media, Old and New
Politics? On-And Offline Reporting in the 2002 Ukrainian Election Campaign
Part 2: Political Parties, Governments and Elections: Communication
Strategies and the Mediatization of Politics 7. Electoral Campaigning in
Latin America's New Democracies: The Southern Cone 8. Democratization and
Election Campaigning in Taiwan: Professionalizing the Professionals 9.
Where's the Party? Television and Election Campaigns in Russia 10. The
Internet in Politics: Democracy in E-Government in Taiwan Part 3: Audience
Responses to Political Messages: Interpretations and Effects 11. Does
'Trust' Mean Attention, Comprehension and Acceptance? Paradoxes of Russian
Viewers' News Processing 12. Politics and the Media in Post-Communist
Russia 13. New Democracies Without Citizens? Mass Media and Democratic
Orientations - A Four Country Comparison 14. Political Communication
Between Democratization and the Trajectories of the Past