Comparing media systems : three models of media and politics / Daniel C. Hallin, Paolo Mancini.
"This book proposes a framework for comparative analysis of the relation between the media and the political system. Building on a survey of media institutions in eighteen West European and North American democracies, Hallin and Mancini identify the principal dimensions of variation in media sy...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2004.
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| Series: | Communication, society, and politics.
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| Online Access: | Sample text |
| Summary: | "This book proposes a framework for comparative analysis of the relation between the media and the political system. Building on a survey of media institutions in eighteen West European and North American democracies, Hallin and Mancini identify the principal dimensions of variation in media systems and the political variables that have shaped their evolution. They go on to identify three major models of media system development, the Polarized Pluralist, Democratic Corporatist, and Liberal models; to explain why the media have played a different role in politics in each of these systems; and to explore the force of change that are currently transforming them. It provides a key theoretical statement about the relation between media and political systems, a key statement about the methodology of comparative analysis in political communication, and a clear overview of the variety of media institutions that have developed in the West, understood within their political and historical context."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 342 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-327) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0521835356 9780521835350 0521543088 9780521543088 |