(P/B) MEDIA DEMOCRACY
HOW THE MEDIA COLONIZE POLITICS
Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 3482-0091
Παρουσίαση
In his controversial new book, Thomas Meyer argues that the media are transforming traditional party democracy into 'media democracy'. Political elites submit to the mass media's formulas in the hope of salvaging some influence over their public images. The media thus colonize politics, and the politicans' self-interest turns them into accomplices. Politics and the media have formed a partnership to conduct their main business: adopting well-tested formulas from the theatre to media productions. The public begins to respond to politics as an aesthetic phenomenon, losing sight of the principles that make political action unique and sustain autonomy and democracy.Real power in the media is wielded by an iron triangle committed to the media's logic of up-to-the-minute reportage: media-savvy political elites, pollsters and media executives. Democratic politics with its slow-paced processes has traditionally relied on parties, intermediary actors and the institutions of representative government, but all have been banished to the periphery today.
Meyer shows how media democracy has replaced deliberation - once the lifeblood of democratic public life - with pseudo-plebiscites. Nevertheless, deliberative procedures could regain some influence through local civic participation and a thorough reform of the communicative culture of the mass media. Meyer argues that the culture of the media should be transformed in ways that would serve democracy, enabling citizens to deepen their understanding of political realities.
This powerful critique of media democracy will be of great interest to students of politics and the media and to anyone concerned with the impact of the media on public life. (From the publisher)
Περιεχόμενα
PREFACE: Media, Culture, and Politics.PART I The Logic of Politics.
Democratic Communication.
Political Logic.
Party Democracy.
Summary.
PART II The Logic of Mass Media.
Chapter Mass Media Logic.
Mass Media Economics.
Media Time and Political Time.
Summary.
PART III The Process of Colonization.
Politics through the Lense of the Mass Media.
The Duplication of Politics.
Politics as Theater.
Summary.
PART IV The Effects of Colonization.
The Persistence of the Political.
Politics as Pop-Culture.
Pre- Production and Co-Procuction.
Politics by Trial Balloon.
The Anaesthesia Effect.
Summary.
PART V The Transformation of Representative Democracy.
The Marginalization of Representative Democracy.
Who holds Power in Media Democacy?
Prospects for Party Democracy.
Summary.
PART VI Prospects of Media Democracy.
The Internet: A Democratic Alternative?
Balancing Democratic Gains and Losses.
Infotainment and Information.
Civil Society and the Media.
Summary.
CONCLUSION: Democracy in Transition
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