Pippa Norris

A Virtuous Circle

Political Communications in Postindustrial Societies

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Produktbeschreibung

Challenges the idea that the news media and political parties are responsible for civic malaise.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 420
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 679g
• ISBN-13: 9780521793643
• ISBN-10: 0521793645
• Artikelnr.: 21646624

Inhaltsangabe

List of tables
List of figures
Preface
Part I. The News Media and Civic Malaise: 1. The news media and democracy
2. Evaluating media performance
3. Understanding political communications
Part II. Trends in Political Communication: 4. The decline of newspapers?
5. The rise (and fall?) of the television age
6. The emerging internet era
7. The evolution of campaign communications
8. The rise of the post-modern campaign?
Part III. The Impact on Democracy: 9. Negative news, negative public?
10. Knows little? Information and choice
11. Cares less? Cynical media, cynical public?
12. Stays home? Political mobilization
13. American exceptionalism?
14. A virtuous circle?
Technical appendix
Notes
Select bibliography
Author index
Subject index.