Mediated Politics: Communication in the Future of Democracy (Communication, Society and Politics)

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Book

Authors

ISBN 10

0521789761

ISBN 13

9780521789769

Tags

Reference, Communication & Media Studies, Political Science, United States, General, Government, Media Studies

Description

This book explores the changing nature of democracy in light of dramatic changes in the media of mass communication: the Internet, the decline of network television news and the daily newspaper; the growing tendency to treat election campaigns as competing product advertisements; the blurring lines among news, ads, and entertainment. It explores such questions as: Does the Internet make it easier for citizens to find political information? Do today's highly competitive old and new mass media serve the needs of democratic citizenship? Does the new media environment produce public opinion that is more or less manipulated, or manipulated in new ways? - from Amzon

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