Media democracy : how the media colonize politics /
In this text Meyer argues that the media are transforming traditional party democracy into 'media democracy'. He argues that the culture of the media should be transformed in ways that would serve democracy, enabling citizens to deepen their understanding of political realities
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Cambridge, UK :
Polity Press ; Malden, MA : Blackwell,
c2002
Cambridge, UK : Malden, MA : Polity Press ; Blackwell, ©2002 Cambridge, UK : Polity Press in association with Blackwell, 2002 Cambridge, UK : Malden, MA : 2002 |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface: Media, Culture, and Politics
- 1 The Logic of Politics
- 2. The Logic of Mass Media
- 3. The Process of Colonization
- 4. The Effects of Colonization
- 5. The Transformation of Representative Democracy
- 6. Prospects for Media Democracy
- Conclusion: Democracy in Transition.
- Preface: Media, Culture, and Politics
- The Logic of Politics
- The Logic of Mass Media
- The Process of Colonization
- The Effects of Colonization
- The Transformation of Representative Democracy
- Prospects for Media Democracy
- Conclusion: Democracy in Transition
- Preface: Media, Culture, and Politics vii
- 1 The Logic of Politics 1
- 2 The Logic of Mass Media 27
- 3 The Process of Colonization 49
- 4 The Effects of Colonization 73
- 5 The Transformation of Representative Democracy 100
- 6 Prospects for Media Democracy 118
- Conclusion: Democracy in Transition 141