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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I Media, Democracy and Development -- 1 Development and Democracy -- 2 Media, Information and Democratization -- 3 The Role of the Internet: Hope, Potential and Reality -- Part II Lusophone African Countries: Similar Past, Different Present, What Future? -- 4 Similarities and Differences -- 5 Politics and Media in Angola -- 6 Politics and Media in Mozambique -- 7 Politics and Media in Sao Tome and Principe -- 8 Politics and Media in Cape Verde -- Part III The Use of the Internet in the Lusophone African Countries and its Influence in Democratization -- 9 Contextual Constraints for the Potential of the Internet in Lusophone African Countries -- 10 Online News Media -- 11 The Use of Blogs and Social Network Websites -- 12 Political Parties' Websites -- Conclusions -- References -- List of Interviews -- Index.

"This timely book fills an important gap in the literature on the influence of the Internet and new media on Portuguese speaking African countries. Based on extensive field work throughout the region the author examines the influence of the Internet in the transition to democracy in Africa, and asks whether there are new possibilities for popular activism to emerge from evolving communication environments and media systems. The book analyses the different forms of democracy, the concept of development, and addresses the debate about the relationship between democracy and development and explores the influence of the media in the democratization process, the promises that digital media bring to this process and to development, and the implications of the African digital divide. In certain countries in this region democracy and independent news media are in their infancy but are starting to take hold, giving an excellent opportunity to observe the dynamics of civil society and the influence of increased freedom, new voting powers and new media in particular. The book offers important insights into the roles and functions that the media in general, and the Internet in particular, can perform in the creation of a more democratic society, as well as in empowering and educating citizens in democratic values"--Provided by publisher.

Open Access - This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. ; Portuguese politics and mainstream media have been resistant to the recent spread of populism. This article examines the specific features of Portuguese politics and media that might explain the apparent exception, and puts it to test by analysing the prevalence of populist discourses and styles of communication in different types of online media. The sample is composed of mediated and unmediated messages on immigration and corruption, two issues that are commonly present in populist discourses by both right- and left-wing political actors. Overall, the content analysis shows that although populist discourses are not recurrent in politics and media, social media have amplified the visibility of this kind of dis- courses in Portugal. ; Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia - IF/01451/2014/CP1239/CT0004 ; info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Most of what is considered post-truth politics refers to known features of politics and political propaganda. These are old phenomena boosted by technology, and in particular by social media. To examine the background and genesis of post-truth politics, this article integrates in the analysis the impact of online media and the relativism of postmodernity, in which the truth is always a discursive construction, never a discovery. It also examines populism in the light of this approach. The analysis concludes that all these elements play a definite role in post-truth politics and that the so-called post-truth era is not simply a by-product of populism; relativism, the media and the uses of technology also play an important role. ; info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Politics, Policy, Populism and Online Media: Investigating Possible (Dis)Connections and Actors in Modern Democracies. (reference IF/01451/2014/CP1239/CT0004) ; info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

"This chapter reflects on the various types of media to be found in political communication and their technical, institutional, and content characteristics. It starts by discussing media expansion and fragmentation as two key developments of the media system in many countries across the globe. It then uses some of the most common dichotomies of media types to analyse their diversity and differences, focussing on comparisons of offline vs. online media, opinion-leading vs. following media, alternative vs. mainstream media, and public service vs. private/commercial media. In addition, the characteristics of mediated and non-mediated forms of political communication as well as the patterns of their interaction are discussed. Finally, the chapter argues that the recent developments of the media system are a major challenge to traditional journalism and that what is needed is a new kind of mediator more concerned with interpreting and evaluating the information available." (publisher's description)

Neste artigo teórico abordam-se as influências que a política e as campanhas eleitorais sofrem devido à sua cobertura mediática. As campanhas eleitorais são momentos privilegiados da vida política democrática, onde se encetam esforços para transmitir mensagens e persuadir através da comunicação política. Os media são, nas sociedades mediatizadas, a principal forma de contato dos eleitores com a política, mas, mais do que transmissores neutros das mensagens políticas, os media agem sobre a forma e o conteúdo da política. Consideram-se dois níveis de influência dos media, um primeiro sobre as formas de fazer campanha e de transmitir as mensagens, e um segundo sobre os eleitores, na construção de imagens e percepções que estes têm da política e dos políticos e no comportamento eleitoral.