Betto van Waarden

Politicians and Mass Media in the Age of Empire

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Produktbeschreibung

This innovative study examines how an expanding mass media created a new type of politician within a system of transnational media politics in the Age of Empire. Betto van Waarden historicizes contemporary debates on media and politics, exploring how politicians harnessed mass communication to both help and hinder democratization.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 373
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009604048
• ISBN-10: 100960404X
• Artikelnr.: 72880705

Autorenporträt

Betto van Waarden is an Assistant Professor of History at Maastricht University. His research focuses on the relationship between media and politics in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Van Waarden has published across academic disciplines and popular media, including articles in Le Monde Diplomatique, De Volkskrant, The Conversation and De Morgen. His scholarship earned him the Tom Reilly Award for Excellence in Journalism History Research.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. A hybrid system of media politics
2. The politics of press consumption
3. Traditional media management
4. The will to personal publicity
5. Journalists and the journalistic instinct
6. Politicians as celebrity brands
7. Politicians as communicative anchors
8. Competition in the attention economy
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.