John Street

Mass Media, Politics and Democracy (eBook, PDF)

Second Edition

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This widely used and popular text provides a broad-ranging analysis of the relationship between the media and politics. Revised and updated throughout, this second edition includes coverage of the mediatization of politics; of E-politics and governance; of the impact of 'reality TV'; and of issues raised by the reporting of war in Iraq.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137015556
• Artikelnr.: 47896586

Autorenporträt

John Street is a Professor of Politics at the University of East Anglia, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Transformation of Politics?.- PART I: REPRESENTING POLITICS.- Political Bias.- Telling Tales: The Reporting of Politics.- It's Just for Fun? Politics and Entertainment.- Media Effects.- PART II: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF MASS MEDIA.- State Control and State Propaganda.- Conglomerate Control: Media Moguls and Media Power.- Watchdogs or Lapdogs? The Politics of Journalism.- Dreamworlds: Globalization and the Webs of Power.- PART III: MASS MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY.- Transforming Political Communication? The Rise of Political Marketing and Celebrity Politics.- New Media, New Politics? .- Power and Mass Media.- A Free Press: Democracy and Mass Media.- Conclusion.