Democracy and the Media: A Comparative Perspective / Edition 1

by Richard Gunther, Anthony Mughan

Overview

This book presents a unique perspective on the relationship between politics and the media in different kinds of political regimes in Europe, North America and Asia. These essays show that media effects on politics are the product of interactions among media technologies, the structure of the media market, the legal and regulatory framework, the nature of basic political institutions, and the characteristics of individual citizens. The authors' conclusions challenge conventional wisdom concerning the political roles and effects of the mass media on regime support and change, on the political behavior of citizens, and on the quality of democracy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521777438
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	08/28/2000
Series:	Communication, Society and Politics
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	516
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.30(d)

Table of Contents

1. The media in democratic and non-democratic regimes: a multilevel perspective Anthony Mughan and Richard Gunther; 2. Politics and the media in Spain: from dictatorship to democracy Richard Gunther, José Ramón Montero and José Ignacio Wert; 3. Institutional incapacity, the attentive public and media pluralism in Russia Ellen Mickiewicz; 4. Democratic transformation and the mass media in Hungary: from Stalinism to democratic consolidation Miklos Sükösd; 5. The modernization of communications: the media in the transition to democracy in Chile Eugenio Tironi and Guillermo Sunkel; 6. Media influence in the Italian transition from a consensual to a majoritarian democracy Carlo Marletti and Franca Roncarolo; 7. The United States: news in a free-market society Thomas Patterson; 8. Japan: news and politics in a media-saturated democracy Ellis S. Krauss; 9. The Netherlands: the media in a depillarized society Cees van der Eijk; 10. Great Britain: the end of the 'News at Ten' and the changing news environment Holli S. Semetko; 11. The media and politics in the New Germany Max Kaase; 12. The political impact of the mass media: a reassessment Richard Gunther and Anthony Mughan.

Editorial Reviews

"Mughan and Gunther's edited collection is a substantial contribution to these more identifiably political science themes." Margaret Scammell, American Political Science Review

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