Mediatization of Politics

Understanding the Transformation of Western Democracies

• Author(s): F. Esser, J. Strömbäck,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 246
• ISBN_10: 1137275847
  ISBN_13: 9781137275844
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Political Science / Public Policy / Cultural Policy , Social Science / Media Studies , Social Science / Sociology of Religion , Political Science / General , Political Science / Political Ideologies / Democracy , Social Science / Sociology / General , Political Science / History & Theory , Political Science / Political Process / Campaigns & Elections ,

Description:... The first book-long analysis of the 'mediatization of politics', this volume aims to understand the transformations of the relationship between media and politics in recent decades, and explores how growing media autonomy, journalistic framing, media populism and new media technologies affect democratic processes.