Mediatization of Politics: Understanding the Transformation of Western Democracies

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.

Author: F. Esser
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 05/07/2014
Pages: 246
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781137425973

About the Author
Florin Büchel, University of Zurich, Switzerland Jay G. Blumler, University of Maryland, USA Paul D'Angelo, College of New Jersey, USA Claes H. de Vreese, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Patrick Donges, University of Greifswald, Germany Frank Esser, University of Zurich, Switzerland Otfried Jarren, University of Zurich, Switzerland Jens Lucht, University of Zurich, Switzerland Frank Marcinkowski, University of Muenster, Germany Gianpietro Mazzoleni, University of Milan, Italy Winfried Schulz, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany Adam Shehata, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Adrian Steiner, Association of Swiss Cantonal Banks, Switzerland Jesper Strömbäck, Mid Sweden University, Sweden Gunnar Thesen, International Research Institute of Stavanger (IRIS), Norway Linards Udris, University of Zurich, Switzerland Peter Van Aelst, University of Antwerp, Netherlands Rens Vliegenthart, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Stefaan Walgrave, University of Antwerp, Netherlands