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999 _c176815
_d176815
020 _a9781403947345
040 _cCUS
082 _a302.23
_bSTR/M
245 0 _aMass media, politics and democracy/
_cJohn Street
250 _a2nd ed
260 _aHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire:
_bPalgrave Macmillan,
_c2011.
300 _axi, 387 p
505 _aIntroduction: The Transformation of Politics?.- PART I: REPRESENTING POLITICS.- Political Bias.- Telling Tales: The Reporting of Politics.- It's Just for Fun? Politics and Entertainment.- Media Effects.- PART II: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF MASS MEDIA.- State Control and State Propaganda.- Conglomerate Control: Media Moguls and Media Power.- Watchdogs or Lapdogs? The Politics of Journalism.- Dreamworlds: Globalization and the Webs of Power.- PART III: MASS MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY.- Transforming Political Communication? The Rise of Political Marketing and Celebrity Politics.- New Media, New Politics? .- Power and Mass Media.- A Free Press: Democracy and Mass Media.- Conclusion.
942 _cAC8