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During the last decade a rising tide of voices on both sides of the Atlantic has blamed the news media for growing public disengagement, ignorance of civic affairs, & mistrust of government. This idea has developed into something of an unquestioned orthodoxy in the popular literature in the United States. A related viewpoint more common in Europe regards the growth of professional political marketing by parties, including the m6lange of spin, packaging & pollsters, as also contributing towards public cynicism. But is the conventional wisdom correct? This paper, based on a systematic examination of the role of political communication in post-industrial societies, argues that the process of political communication by the news media & by parties is not responsible for civic disengagement. Part I summarizes the core assumptions in different theories of media malaise. Part 11 examines some of the key structural trends in the news industry that many believe are responsible for media malaise. Part III examines evidence for the impact of attention to e news media on selected indicators of civic engagement. The conclusion develops the theory of "a virtuous circle" to explain the pattern we find. Rather than mistakenly "blaming the messenger," the study concludes that we need to understand & confront more deep-rooted flaws in systems of representative government. Tables, Graphs, References. Adapted from the source document.

This article develops a consistent theoretical reflection about the role of mass media in the political participation of citizens, in the context of Democracy. The author analyzes the main theories that show the role of mass media in their interests in persuading audiences to conduct their political actions & the limits & distortions in that process. At the same time, this work provides theoretical elements to argument that electoral processes are the main arena to research about the relationship between citizenship-television-politics & show the ways to conduct an empirical research about it. 25 References. Adapted from the source document.

This article provides insight into the influential role of the media in the foreign policy of countries, particularly as related to Mexico. It speaks of the intricacies & biases of the media, which tend to be influenced by certain individuals or groups in positions of power within the country, as well as by more prosperous & advanced countries such as the US. The author concludes that all these political considerations, coupled with the increasing speed in which information disseminates across political boundaries, challenge Mexico to adhere to its truest foreign policy principles without compromising its ethics & national character. M. D. Cowder

Electoral processes constitute the most important expression of democratic systems in contemporary societies. In addition, they reflect the dynamics of political life. Moreover, mass media, as a social discourse responds, stresses, & priorizes these processes. The citizen is embedded in these crucial moments of political activity with reference to the time dimension of the electoral period. Therefore, politicians & parties generate a discourse on political activities & mass media generate a discourse on politics. Throughout this article, we will develop, on the basis of semiotic-discursive assumptions, the interaction between the public political discourse & the different actors involved. We will see the manner in which the narrative & discursive forms of this discourse are structured & how this assumes a rhetorical effervescence during moments in which the vote & electorate are disputed. 24 References. Adapted from the source document.

This article looks at some of the problems associated with the possibility of having a space available for political communication & deliberation in contemporary democracies. In order to do so, two contrasting models are analyzed, that of J. Habermas & that of N. Luhmann. This contrast allows us to observe the wide differences that exist between theories of normative action & systemic theories. On this basis, the analysis centres on the distortions in the public space of deliberation caused mainly by the increasing role of the media in their role as intermediaries throughout the political process. References. Adapted from the source document.

This article explores some of the most important links between political communication, democracy, & neopopulism. It states that there is a close relationship between the political regime & the predominant models of political communication, ie, the extent to which the latter promote consensus, exclusion, &/or manipulation & the extent to which the former facilitates information dissemination & accountability of public officials, as well as an independent mass media. The article concludes that the growing weight of political marketing during electoral processes & throughout the political activities does not always entail positive influence. Although modern political communication has contributed to the education of socially & geographically isolated groups, media exposure has often meant trivialization of political issues & political apathy. 29 References. Adapted from the source document.

This article carries out a philosophical & political analysis about the dissociation between the concept of citizenry & media communication in order to understand the political status of the freedom of speech. The article argues that communication is no longer a political act &, consequently, it does not maintain the inherent performance characteristic, which entails the polemics, the visibility, the accessibility, the possibility to ask, answer, & discuss. In this way, the author highlights that whereas constitutions link the definition of citizenry to associative & discursive character, the new mass media allows its disarticulation from the anthropological implication needed in the act of communication. This is attributed to fact that the public meeting is no longer a human need to carry out an interchange of ideas, form, & reform opinions because media are invading this space. As a consequence, we find a contradiction between the democratic system & the practices of communication without public participation. Adapted from the source document.