Media & Political Engagement

Citizens, Communication, and Democracy

Auteur Peter Dahlgren

Maak tweedehands je eerste keus

Alle boeken zijn met de hand gecontroleerd
30 dagen retourgarantie
Gratis verzending vanaf 4 boeken of 40 euro
Op werkdagen voor 15:00 besteld, dezelfde dag verzonden

Sorry, niet op voorraad

ISBN

9780521527897

Bindwijze

Paperback

Taal

Engels

Auteur

Peter Dahlgren

Uitgeverij

Cambridge University Press

Jaar van uitgifte

2009

Aantal pagina’s

232

Waar gaat het over?

One of the most difficult problems facing Western democracy today is the decline in citizens' political engagement. There are many elements that contribute to this, including fundamental socio-cultural changes. This book summarizes these contexts and situates itself within them, while focusing on the media's key role in shaping the character of civic engagement. In particular, it examines the new interactive electronic media in terms of their civic potential. Looking at the evolution of the media landscape, the book examines key notions such as citizenship, public sphere, agency, identity, deliberation, and practice, and offers a multi-dimensional analytic framework called 'civic cultures'. This framework is then applied to several settings, including television, popular culture, journalism, the EU, and global activism, to illuminate the role of the media in deflecting and enhancing political engagement, as well as in contributing to new forms of political involvement and new understandings of what constitutes the political.

Lees verder

Recensies

0 recensies

Inloggen

Je e-mailadres

Je wachtwoord

Helaas zijn er geen recensies op dit boek