Mediatization of Politics: Understanding the Transformation of Western Democracies - Paperback

by F. Esser (Editor), J. Strömbäck (Editor)

The first book-long analysis of the 'mediatization of politics', this volume aims to understand the transformations of the relationship between media and politics in recent decades, and explores how growing media autonomy, journalistic framing, media populism and new media technologies affect democratic processes.

Author Biography

Florin Büchel, University of Zurich, Switzerland Jay G. Blumler, University of Maryland, USA Paul D'Angelo, College of New Jersey, USA Claes H. de Vreese, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Patrick Donges, University of Greifswald, Germany Frank Esser, University of Zurich, Switzerland Otfried Jarren, University of Zurich, Switzerland Jens Lucht, University of Zurich, Switzerland Frank Marcinkowski, University of Muenster, Germany Gianpietro Mazzoleni, University of Milan, Italy Winfried Schulz, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany Adam Shehata, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Adrian Steiner, Association of Swiss Cantonal Banks, Switzerland Jesper Strömbäck, Mid Sweden University, Sweden Gunnar Thesen, International Research Institute of Stavanger (IRIS), Norway Linards Udris, University of Zurich, Switzerland Peter Van Aelst, University of Antwerp, Netherlands Rens Vliegenthart, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Stefaan Walgrave, University of Antwerp, Netherlands