Suchergebnisse

"Diversity in U.S. Mass Media provides comprehensive coverage of the evolution and issues surrounding portrayals of social groups within the mass media of the United States.Focuses on past and current mass media representations of social groups; Provides an overview of key theories that have guided research in mass media representations and stereotyping; Discusses the impact new media has on representation and how technology is giving a new voice to various social groups; Includes a chapter on how mass media industries are addressing diversity, complete with specially-commissioned interviews with media professionals; Offers helpful supplementary features such as a glossary, questions for reflection, suggestions for projects related to diversity in mass media, and online resources for both instructors and students; Accompanying website provides a glossary, links to related sites, recommendations of films to watch in the classroom, ideas for research projects, and an instructor's manual with sample syllabi "--

1 Mass media and political economics -- 2 Collective decision-making and market provision of information -- 3 Public good provision, electoral selection and informationacquisition -- 4 Theory and evidence from Norway: Newspaper circulationand local government efficiency -- 5 The geography of local television markets and the allocationof federal funds in the United States -- 6 Concluding remarks -- 7 References

Communication is inseparable from politics, and a vital part of any political system in any age. However, the development of the mass media in the course of the twentieth century hugely enlarged the scope of political communication. Dictators like Hitler, Mussolini or Stalin, with almost exclusive control of the press, film and radio, as well as the education system, could shape how people thought about politics. Yet the same mass media were equally important for the functioning of a democratic system that assumed effective two-way communication between political leaders and people. The new media (including cable, satellite and digital television, and particularly the internet) have dramatically expanded further the potential for interactive public debate, enabling all kinds of special interest groups to communicate with each other and with the wider public in a globalized communication system.