Mass Media and Political Communication in New Democracies
London: Routledge (2006), 262 pp.
Contains index
Series: ECPR Studies in European Political Science, 42
ISBN 9780415459716 (pbk); 9780203328668 (online)
Signature commbox: 10-Politics-E 2006
1 The mass media and the dynamics of political communication in processes of democratization: an introduction / Katrin Voltmer, 1
I. THE MASS MEDIA AND JOURNALISTIC PRACTICE ? NORMATIVE DILEMMAS, PROFESSIONALIZATION AND POLITICAL INSTRUMENTALIZATION
2 The role of the press in times of transition: the building of the Spanish democracy (1975-78) / Carlos Barrera and Ricardo Zugasti, 23
3 'In the name of democracy': the paradox of democracy and press freedom in post-communist Russia / Hedwig de Smaele, 42
4 Conflicts of interest? Debating the media's role in post-apartheid South Africa / Herman Wasserman and Arnold S. de Beer, 59
5 In journalism we trust? Credibility and fragmented journalism in Latin America / Silvio Waisbord, 76
6 Old and new media, old and new politics? On- and offline reporting in the 2002 Ukrainian election campaign / Natalya Krasnoboka and Kees Brants, 92
II. POLITICAL PARTIES, GOVERNMENTS AND ELECTIONS: COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES AND THE MEDIATIZATION OF POLITICS
7 Electoral campaigning in Latin America's new democracies: the Southern Cone / Roberto Espindola, 115
8 Democratization and election campaigning in Taiwan: professionalizing the professionals / Gary Rawnsley, 133
9 Where's the party: television and election campaigns in Russia / Sarah Oates, 152
10 The internet in politics: democracy in e-government in Taiwan / Ming-Ying Lee, 168
III. AUDIENCE RESPONSES TO POLITICAL MESSAGES: INTERPRETATIONS AND EFFECTS
11 Does 'trust' mean attention, comprehension and acceptance? Paradoxes of Russian viewers' news processing / Ellen Mickiewicz, 189
12 Politics and the media in post-communist Russia / Stephen White and Ian McAllister, 210
13 New democracies without citizens? Mass media and democratic orientations: a four country comparison / Katrin Voltmer and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck, 228
14 Political Communication between democratization and the trajectories of the past / Katrin Voltmer, 246
I. THE MASS MEDIA AND JOURNALISTIC PRACTICE ? NORMATIVE DILEMMAS, PROFESSIONALIZATION AND POLITICAL INSTRUMENTALIZATION
2 The role of the press in times of transition: the building of the Spanish democracy (1975-78) / Carlos Barrera and Ricardo Zugasti, 23
3 'In the name of democracy': the paradox of democracy and press freedom in post-communist Russia / Hedwig de Smaele, 42
4 Conflicts of interest? Debating the media's role in post-apartheid South Africa / Herman Wasserman and Arnold S. de Beer, 59
5 In journalism we trust? Credibility and fragmented journalism in Latin America / Silvio Waisbord, 76
6 Old and new media, old and new politics? On- and offline reporting in the 2002 Ukrainian election campaign / Natalya Krasnoboka and Kees Brants, 92
II. POLITICAL PARTIES, GOVERNMENTS AND ELECTIONS: COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES AND THE MEDIATIZATION OF POLITICS
7 Electoral campaigning in Latin America's new democracies: the Southern Cone / Roberto Espindola, 115
8 Democratization and election campaigning in Taiwan: professionalizing the professionals / Gary Rawnsley, 133
9 Where's the party: television and election campaigns in Russia / Sarah Oates, 152
10 The internet in politics: democracy in e-government in Taiwan / Ming-Ying Lee, 168
III. AUDIENCE RESPONSES TO POLITICAL MESSAGES: INTERPRETATIONS AND EFFECTS
11 Does 'trust' mean attention, comprehension and acceptance? Paradoxes of Russian viewers' news processing / Ellen Mickiewicz, 189
12 Politics and the media in post-communist Russia / Stephen White and Ian McAllister, 210
13 New democracies without citizens? Mass media and democratic orientations: a four country comparison / Katrin Voltmer and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck, 228
14 Political Communication between democratization and the trajectories of the past / Katrin Voltmer, 246
