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Democracy and the Media: A Comparative Perspective »

Authors: Richard Gunther (Editor), Anthony Mughan
ISBN-13: 9780521771801, ISBN-10: 0521771803
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: July 2000
Edition: (Non-applicable)

A unique perspective on the relationship between politics and the media in various political regimes.

	List of Contributors
	Acknowledgments
1	The Media in Democratic and Nondemocratic Regimes: A Multilevel Perspective	1
2	The Media and Politics in Spain: From Dictatorship to Democracy	28
3	Institutional Incapacity, the Attentive Public, and Media Pluralism in Russia	85
4	Democratic Transformation and the Mass Media in Hungary: From Stalinism to Democratic Consolidation	122
5	The Modernization of Communications: The Media in the Transition to Democracy in Chile	165
6	Media Influence in the Italian Transition from a Consensual to a Majoritarian Democracy	195
7	The United States: News in a Free-Market Society	241
8	Japan: News and Politics in a Media-Saturated Democracy	266
9	The Netherlands: Media and Politics between Segmented Pluralism and Market Forces	303
10	Great Britain: The End of News at Ten and the Changing News Environment	343
11	Germany: A Society and a Media System in Transition	375
12	The Political Impact of the Media: A Reassessment	402
	References	449
	Index	487