John Keane

Democracy and Media Decadence

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Examines the role of the media in shaping and representing political life, arguing that 'media decadence' is harmful for democracy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9781107041776
• ISBN-10: 1107041775
• Artikelnr.: 39881708

Autorenporträt

Renowned globally for his creative thinking about democracy, John Keane is Professor of Politics at the University of Sydney and at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB). Among his best-known recent books are Global Civil Society? (Cambridge University Press, 2003), Violence and Democracy (Cambridge University Press, 2004), and the highly-acclaimed The Life and Death of Democracy (2009).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Communicative abundance
2. Monitory democracy
3. Media decadence
4. Democracy's opponents
5. Why freedom of public communication?

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1. Communicative abundance; 2. Monitory democracy; 3. Media decadence; 4. Democracy's opponents; 5. Why freedom of public communication?

Rezensionen

'With impressive intellectual breadth and rich analytic insight, John Keane's engaging new book moves us beyond conventional ways of thinking about media and democracy. Addressing key debates, his writing is, as always, accessible, compelling, and edifying.' Peter Dahlgren, Lund University