Democratization and the Media

by Randall; Vicky

• ISBN13: 9780714644462
• ISBN10: 0714644463
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1998-09-30
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Whilst there is widespread agreement that the mass communications media play a potentially crucial role both in democratization and in ensuring democracy's survival, this insight remains remarkably under-researched or theorized. The essays especially commissioned for this volume together analyse differing aspects of the complex relationship between the media and democracy in a diverse range of national contexts. Specific contributions examine the consequences of the media for privacy and for internal party democracy in Britain; the implications of the new information media for democracy; the media's role in democratization in eastern Europe, the Middle East Africa and Asia and in the ostensibly democratic politics of France and the US. In her introductory comments, the editor helpfully sets out the main underlying questions and draws upon the individual essays to suggest some broad comparative themes and conclusions.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
The News Media and Democracy in the United States	p. 6
The Media and the Public Sphere in Fifth Republic France	p. 23
The Media and Intra-Party Democracy: 'New' Labour and the Clause Four Debate in Britain	p. 42
Privacy and Media Intrusion in a Democratic Society: Britain and the Calcutt Reports	p. 62
Democratization and the Media in Poland 1989-97	p. 85
Regime Transition and the Media in Taiwan	p. 106
Asia and the International Press: The Political Significance of Expanding Markets	p. 125
Seeking Theory from Experience: Media Regulation in China	p. 155
The Media and Democratization in the Middle East: The Strange Case of Television	p. 179
The Promotion of Democracy at the Grass-roots: The Example of Radio in Mali	p. 200
Democracy and the Information Superhighway	p. 217
Concluding Comments	p. 240
Notes on Contributors	p. 249
Index	p. 251
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