Political communication in postmodern democracy: challenging the primacy of politics

This edited collection examines the changing faces of political communicationin contemporary democracy. Based on comparative investigations of recent trends in the Netherlands and Great Britain, the essays provide fresh insights andnew empirical evidence into the public representation of media-centred politics. KEES BRANTS is Senior Research Fellow at the University of Amsterdam's School of Communication Research, the Netherlands, and Professor of Political Communication at Leiden University, the Netherlands. He has published extensively in journals and has written and edited several books, including 'The Media in Question '(1998). . KATRIN VOLTMER is Senior Lecturer of Political Communication and Director of Research at the Institute of Communications Studies, University of Leeds, UK. She has published and edited several books in German andEnglish, including 'Mass Media and Political Communication in New Democracies' (2006). Her research interests include media influences on public opinion and the policy process, the relationship between journalists and their news sources, and the role of the media in democratic transitions. Her recent book 'Public Policy and the Mass Media: The Interplay of Mass Communication and Political Decision Making' (with Sigrid Koch-Baumgarten) was published in 2010. INDICE: List of Illustrations - Foreword; 'J.Blumler' - Introduction; 'K.Brants & K.Voltmer - 'PART I: NEW APPROACHES TO POLITICAL COMMUNICATION - Audience democracy: an emerging pattern in post-modern political communication; 'J.de Beus - 'Representation and mediated politics: representing representation in an age of iron; 'S.Coleman - 'PART II: MEDIATIZATION b THE CHANGING POWER GAME BETWEEN POLITICS AND THE MEDIA - Mediatization and news management in comparative institutional perspective; 'R.Brown' - Spin and political publicity: Effects on news coverage and public opinion; 'C.de Vreese & M.Elenbaas' - Changes in political news coverage: personalization, conflict and negativity in British and Dutch newspapers; 'R.Vliegenthart, H.G.Boomgaarden & J.W. Boumans - 'A changing culture of political television journalism; 'J.Stamper & K.Brants' - A question of control: journalists and politicians in political broadcast interviews; 'K.Voltmer & K.Brants - 'The elephant trap: politicians performing in television comedy; 'L.van Zoonen, S.Coleman & A.Kuik - 'PART III: DE-CENTRALIZATION b NEW FORMS OF CITIZENSHIP AND POLITICAL COMMUNICATION - Political consumerism as political participation?; 'J.Ward' - The new frontiers of journalism: citizen participation in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands; 'T.Bakker & C.Paterson - 'The new cultural cleavage: immigration and the challenge to Dutch politics and media; 'P.Van Praag & M.Adriaansen - 'The mediation of political disconnection; 'S.Coleman, D.Morrison & S.Yates' - 'Voting is easy, justpress the red button': communicating politics in the age of Big Brother; 'V.Cardo - 'What's reality television got to do with it? Talking politics in the net-based public sphere; 'T.Graham - 'Afterword; 'J.Corner' - Index

• ISBN: 978-0-230-24335-4
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 304
• Fecha Publicación: 05/01/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Desconocido