Comparing media systems : three models of media and politics

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Comparing media systems : three models of media and politics

Daniel C. Hallin, Paolo Mancini

(Communication, society, and politics)

Cambridge University Press, 2004

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Bibliography: p. 307-327

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Building on a survey of media institutions in eighteen West European and North American democracies, Hallin and Mancini identify the principal dimensions of variation in media systems and the political variables which have shaped their evolution. They go on to identify three major models of media system development (the Polarized Pluralist, Democratic Corporatist and Liberal models) to explain why the media have played a different role in politics in each of these systems, and to explore the forces of change that are currently transforming them. It provides a key theoretical statement about the relation between media and political systems, a key statement about the methodology of comparative analysis in political communication and a clear overview of the variety of media institutions that have developed in the West, understood within their political and historical context.

Table of Contents

  • Part I. Concepts and Models: 1. Introduction
  • 2. Comparing media systems
  • 3. The political context of media systems
  • 4. Media and politics and the question of differentiation
  • Part II. The Three Models: 5. Mediterranean or polarized model
  • 6. North/Central European or democratic corporatist model
  • 7. North Atlantic or liberal model
  • Part III. The Future of the Models: 8. Homogenization
  • 9. Conclusion.

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  • NCID
    BA70660121
  • ISBN
    • 9780521543088
    • 0521835356
  • LCCN
    2003069684
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge, [U.K.]
  • Pages/Volumes
    xv, 342 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
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