Mass media, politics and democracy / John Street.
By: Street, John
Publisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011Edition: 2nd edDescription: xi, 387 p. ; 23 cm001: 17486ISBN: 9781403947345 (pbk.); 1403947341 (pbk.)Subject(s): Mass media -- Political aspects | DemocracyDDC classification: 302.2309 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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This widely used and popular text provides a broad-ranging analysis of the relationship between the media and politics. Revised and updated throughout, this second edition includes coverage of the mediatization of politics; of E-politics and governance; of the impact of 'reality TV'; and of issues raised by the reporting of war in Iraq.
Includes bibliographical references(p. 335-367) and index.
Representing Politics: Political bias; Telling tales: the reporting of politics; It's just for fun? : politics and entertainment; Media effects -- The Political Economy of Mass Media. State control and state propaganda; Conglomerate control: media moguls and media power; Watchdogs or lapdogs? : the politics of journalism; Dream worlds: globalization and the webs of power -- Mass Media and Democracy. Transforming political communication? : the rise of political marketing and celebrity politics; New media, new politics; Power and mass media; A free press: democracy and mass media.
This text provides a broad-ranging analysis of the relationship between the media and politics, covering the representation of politics in the media, the political impact of the media, the regulation of the media and the current and potential place of mass media in democratic societies. Systematically revised and updated throughout, the new second edition is even more international in scope and includes substantial coverage of the mediatization of politics; of E-politics and governance; of current debates on media effects and framing; of the impact of reality TV and of issues raised by the reporting of war in Iraq. -- Provided by publisher.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Acknowledgements (p. x)
- Introduction (p. 1)
- Part I Representing Politics
- 1 Political Bias (p. 21)
- Why does bias matter? (p. 24)
- Defining bias (p. 26)
- Types of bias (p. 29)
- The Bad News studies (p. 36)
- Manufacturing Consent (p. 40)
- Critiques of bias research (p. 42)
- Constructing reality? (p. 44)
- Conclusion (p. 46)
- 2 Telling Tales: The Reporting of Politics (p. 49)
- Frames versus biases (p. 50)
- Producing news (p. 52)
- Genres and political coverage (p. 58)
- Telling political stories (p. 62)
- We the people (p. 69)
- Explaining political stories (p. 73)
- Conclusion (p. 75)
- 3 It's Just for Fun: Politics and Entertainment (p. 77)
- Political satire: politics as deluded and corrupt (p. 81)
- Politics as conspiracy (p. 90)
- Entertainment as propaganda (p. 93)
- The politics of identity: from soap opera to sport (p. 95)
- Conclusion (p. 99)
- 4 Media Effects (p. 101)
- Seeing is believing? (p. 105)
- Under the influence? (p. 107)
- Press and voting behaviour (p. 108)
- Television and voting behaviour (p. 112)
- Influence beyond the ballot box (p. 113)
- Elite effects (p. 118)
- Media consumption in context (p. 120)
- Conclusion (p. 127)
- Part II The Political Economy of Mass Media
- 5 State Control and State Propaganda (p. 131)
- Systems of control (p. 133)
- Censorship (p. 135)
- Secrecy (p. 139)
- Propaganda (p. 140)
- Regulation (p. 146)
- Comparing media systems (p. 153)
- Conclusion (p. 157)
- 6 Conglomerate Control: Media Moguls and Media Power (p. 159)
- Media empires (p. 161)
- Ownership and control (p. 167)
- The power of Rupert Murdoch (p. 167)
- Readers and viewers (p. 175)
- Advertisers (p. 177)
- Reconsidering media power (p. 180)
- Conclusion (p. 183)
- 7 Watchdogs or Lapdogs? The Politics of Journalism (p. 185)
- The power of the spin doctor? (p. 187)
- The rise of churnalism (p. 191)
- Investigative journalism and the 'dumbing down' of news (p. 192)
- Models of journalism (p. 195)
- Conclusion (p. 206)
- 8 Dream Worlds: Globalization and the Webs of Power (p. 209)
- Global players (p. 211)
- A history of the future (p. 213)
- Globalization or internationalization? (p. 218)
- Conglomerates, governments and identities (p. 220)
- Conclusion (p. 230)
- Part III Mass Media and Democracy
- 9 Transforming Political Communication? The Rise of Political Marketing and Celebrity Politics (p. 235)
- Packaging politics (p. 237)
- Packaging techniques (p. 239)
- Arguing about marketing (p. 242)
- The rise of the celebrity politician (p. 244)
- The critique of celebrity politics (p. 248)
- In defence of celebrity politics (p. 250)
- Judging by appearance (p. 254)
- Politics as media performance (p. 256)
- Conclusion (p. 260)
- 10 New Media, New Politics? (p. 261)
- Transforming politics? A five-step programme (p. 262)
- E-democracy: practice and promises (p. 265)
- The argument for e-democracy (p. 270)
- The argument against e-democracy (p. 271)
- New media and politics (p. 273)
- Conclusion (p. 282)
- 11 Power and Mass Media (p. 283)
- Discursive power (p. 285)
- Access power (p. 287)
- Resource power (p. 288)
- Theories of media power (p. 289)
- Conclusion (p. 301)
- 12 A Free Press: Democracy and Mass Media (p. 303)
- Liberal democracy and the free press (p. 305)
- The value of free speech (p. 308)
- The limits to free speech (p. 309)
- Free press/free market? (p. 311)
- Democratic regulation? (p. 315)
- Conclusion (p. 327)
- Conclusion (p. 329)
- Bibliography (p. 335)
- Index (p. 369)
Reviews provided by Syndetics
CHOICE Review
This book details the relationship between politics and the mass media, arguing that there is power in this relationship. The work is divided into three parts. The first section presents information on how media coverage is constructed and on its impact, and addresses issues of bias, framing, and the politics of entertainment. In the second section, institutional and economic considerations are analyzed. This includes a discussion of the role of large media conglomerates, the role and power of journalists, and globalization. The third section addresses current changes in the media environment and considers debates about the marketing of politics and "the rise of the celebrity politician." Street (Univ. of East Anglia, UK) does include a discussion of new media technologies, but "argues for caution in the face of media hyperbole," arguing that "[t]he political uses of new media are not inscribed in the technology itself, but in the interplay with the political order into which they are introduced." Street concludes that readers should pay attention to the complexities involved in the interplay of politics and mass media and critically examine how news is constructed. Summing Up: Recommended. Undergraduates and above. L. J. Roselle Elon UniversityThere are no comments on this title.