Can the media serve democracy? : essays in honour of Jay G. Blumler /: essays in honour of Jay G. Blumler. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Stephen Coleman, Giles Moss, Katy Parry, University of Leeds, UK.
• Editors: Coleman, Stephen, 1957-; Moss, Giles; Parry, Katy, 1973-
• Other Names: Blumler, Jay G honouree.; Palgrave Connect (Online service)
• Contents: 1. Introduction: Can the Media Serve Democracy? -- PART I: MEDIA SYSTEMS AND COMPARATIVE RESEARCH -- 2. The Idea of 'Systems' in Media Studies: Criticisms, Risks, Advantages; Paolo Mancini -- 3. The Fine Art of Comparing Media Systems: Opportunities, Pitfalls and Challenges; Kees Brants -- 4. Comparative Political Communication Research: The Undiminished Relevance of the Beginnings; Frank Esser -- 5. Mediatization of the Modern Publicity Process; Winfried Schulz -- PART II: JOURNALISM, DEMOCRACY AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST -- 6. Public Service Broadcasting: Markets and 'Vulnerable Values' in Broadcast and Print Journalism; Stephen Cushion and Bob Franklin -- 7. Political Communication Research in the Public Interest; Denis McQuail -- 8. Journalists, Journalism, and Research: What Do We Know and Why Should We Care?; David H. Weaver -- 9. Democratic Political Communication Systems and the Transformative Power of Scandals: Phone Hacking at the News of the World as a Critical Juncture in the Regulation of the British Press; James Stanyer -- 10. Morals and Methods: A Note on the Value of Survey Research; David E. Morrison -- PART III: PUBLIC CULTURE AND MEDIATED PUBLICS -- 11. The Dream Machine?: Television as Public Culture; John Corner -- 12. Audiences and Publics: Reflections on the Growing Importance of Mediated Participation; Sonia Livingstone -- 13. On Seeing Both Sides: Notes on the 2012 Presidential Debates; Elihu Katz and Menahem Blondheim -- PART IV: CHANGING MEDIA, NEW DEMOCRATIC OPPORTUNITIES -- 14. Media Systems and Social Change: Challenges for Theory and Research; W. Lance Bennett -- 15. The Internet's Gift to Democratic Governance: The Fifth Estate; William Dutton -- 16. Towards an Inclusive Digital Public Sphere; Gianpietro Mazzoleni -- 17. Beyond the Po-Faced Public Sphere; Stephen Coleman -- PART V: THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF POLITICAL COMMUNICATION -- 18. Jay Blumler: A Founding Father of Media Research; James Curran -- 19. Values are Always at Stake': An Interview with Jay G. Blumler; Katy Parry and Giles Moss.
• Publisher Details: Houndsmills, Basinstoke, Hampshire New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 251 pages)
• Subjects: 320.01/4; Political science; Communication in politics; Mass media -- Political aspects; Democracy; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Democracy; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies; Communication in politics; Democracy; Mass media -- Political aspects; Massenmedien; Demokratie; Politische Kommunikation; Kommunikation i politiken; Massmedia -- politiska aspekter; Demokrati; Social Science -- General; Social Science -- Media Studies; Society & culture: general; Political science & theory; Media studies; Society & social sciences; Communication; Social sciences; Political Science -- Political Ideologies -- Democracy; Political structures: democracy; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137467928; 1137467924
• Related ISBNs: 9781349500116; 1137467916; 9781137467911; 9781322966878; 1322966877; 1349500119
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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