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1 COM 517 COMMUNICATION IN POLITICS Media and Democracy Walter Lippman Public Opinion: Public opinion is facilitated, not formed “naturally” Robert McChesney media-democracy paradox: concentration, conglomeration and hypercommercialism negates the democratic potential Jens Klaehn Herman-Chomsky Propaganda model: multiple filters Colin Sparks Media theory v. media practice: investigate the fault lines between media and audience and within media organizations themselves James Curran Media’s relationship to governance Gianpetro Mazzoleni & Winfried Schulz “Mediatization” of politics: becoming indistinguishable David Swanson Political-Media complex: institutional needs dominate Jay Blumler and Dennis Kavanagh The third age of political communication

2 Philosophies of Free Speech and Press I. Individual Fulfillment (Thomas Emerson) II. The attainment of truth: the marketplace of ideas (Oliver Wendell Holmes) III. Governance (Alexander Meiklejohn) IV. Watchdog (Vincent Blasi) V. Agent of Peaceful Change VI. Access (Jerome Barron)

3 COM 517 COMMUNICATION IN POLITICS Media and Democracy Walter Lippman Public Opinion: Public opinion is facilitated, not formed “naturally” Robert McChesney media-democracy paradox: concentration, conglomeration and hypercommercialism negates the democratic potential Jens Klaehn Herman-Chomsky Propaganda model: multiple filters Colin Sparks Media theory v. media practice: investigate the fault lines between media and audience and within media organizations themselves James Curran Media’s relationship to governance Gianpetro Mazzoleni & Winfried Schulz “Mediatization” of politics: becoming indistinguishable David Swanson Political-Media complex: institutional needs dominate Jay Blumler and Dennis Kavanagh The third age of political communication

4 Three Ages of Political Communication 1.Golden Age of Party Politics 2.National media (Television) Diminished party propaganda “Fairness” by government fiat Larger audiences Network news as agenda/schedule arbiter 3.Proliferation of media outlets (commercial/non- commercial, new technologies, more opportunities for narrowly focused communication

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