How Media Inform Democracy: A Comparative Approach (Routledge New Developments in Communication and Society Research) - Tapa blanda

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ISBN 10: 0415740428 ISBN 13: 9780415740425
Editorial: Routledge, 2013

Sinopsis

In this timely book, leading researchers consider how media inform democracy in six countries - the United States, the United Kingdom, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden. Taking as their starting point the idea that citizens need to be briefed adequately with a full and intelligent coverage of public affairs so that they can make responsible, informed choices rather than act out of ignorance and misinformation, contributors use a comparative approach to examine the way in which the shifting media landscape is affecting and informing the democratic process across the globe. In particular, they ask:

  • Can a comparative approach provide us with new answers to the question of how media inform democracy?
  • Has increased commercialization made media systems more similar and affected equally the character of news and public knowledge throughout the USA and Europe?
  • Is soft news and misinformation predominantly related to an American exceptionalism, based on the market domination of its media and marginalized public broadcaster?

This study combines a content analysis of press and television news with representative surveys in six nations. It makes an indispensable contribution to debates about media and democracy, and about changes in media systems. It is especially useful for media theory, comparative media, and political communication courses.

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Toril Aalberg is Associate Professor of Media Sociology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway.

James Curran is Director of the Goldsmiths Leverhulme Media Research Centre and Professor of Communications at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK. He is the author or editor of 20 books about the media, some in conjunction with others. These include Media and Democracy (Routledge, 2011), Media and Society, 5th edition (2010, Bloomsbury), Power Without Responsibility, 7th edition (with Jean Seaton, 2010, Routledge) and Media and Power (2002, Routledge), translated into five languages.

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Editorial
Routledge
Año de publicación
2013
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0415740428
ISBN 13 
9780415740425
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Número de edición
1
Número de páginas
244
Editor
Aalberg Toril, Curran James
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9780415889087: How Media Inform Democracy: A Comparative Approach (Routledge New Developments in Communication and Society Research)

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ISBN 10:  0415889081 ISBN 13:  9780415889087
Editorial: Routledge, 2011
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