How Media Inform Democracy: A Comparative Approach - Rilegato

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9780415889087: How Media Inform Democracy: A Comparative Approach
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ISBN 10: 0415889081 ISBN 13: 9780415889087
Casa editrice: Routledge, 2011

Sinossi

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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Informazioni sull?autore

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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Editore
Routledge
Data di pubblicazione
2011
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0415889081
ISBN 13 
9780415889087
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero edizione
1
Numero di pagine
244
Redattore
Aalberg Toril, Curran James
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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ISBN 10:  0415740428 ISBN 13:  9780415740425
Casa editrice: Routledge, 2013
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