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
"This book examines how political communication and the mass media have played a central role in the consolidation of emerging democracies around the world. Covering a broad range of political and cultural contexts, including Eastern and Southern Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa, this new volume investigates the problems and conflicts arising in the process of establishing an independent media and competitive politics in post-autocratic societies. Considering the changing dynamic in the relationship between political actors, the media and their audience, the authors of this volume address the following issues: changing journalistic role perceptions and journalistic quality; the reasons and consequences of persisting instrumentalization of the media by political actors; the role of the media in election campaigns; the way in which the citizens interpret political messages and the extent to which the media influence political attitudes and electoral behaviour; the role of the Internet in building a democratic public sphere." (Publisher description)
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
