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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779858803321

Titolo

Media/democracy [[electronic resource]] : a comparative study / / edited by Alec Charles

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England, : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, c2013

ISBN

1-4438-5008-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (158 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CharlesAlec

Disciplina

302.23

Soggetti

Mass media

Democracy

Freedom of the press

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FOREWORD; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

It is a view commonly acknowledged that the mass media have a crucial role to play in the development and maintenance of democracy. It is a matter of greater controversy as to whether the media's influence upon democracy is as constructive as it might be. This collection explores the various impacts upon democratic structures and processes of different media forms in different parts of the world. It examines the very different influences of the press in democratic Nigeria and post-Leveson Britain; it looks at how social media are used by politicians, voters and revolutionaries in the UK, Polan