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Author McNair, Brian, 1959-

Title Journalism and democracy : an evaluation of the political public sphere / Brian McNair.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 204 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-198) and index.
Contents Journalism and democracy: the debate -- Political public sphere: an anatomy -- Policy, process, performance and sleaze: an evaluation of the political news agenda -- Interpretative moment: the journalism of commentary and analysis -- Interrogative moment: the British political interview -- Sound of the crowd: access and the political media -- 'Spin, whores spin': the demonisation of political public relations -- Media and politics, 1992-97 -- Political journalism and the crisis of mass representation.
Summary "The public sphere is said to be in crisis. Dumbing down, tabloidisation, infotainment and spin are alleged to contaminate it, adversely affecting the quality of political journalism and of democracy itself. There is a pervasive pessimism about the relationship between the media and democracy, and widespread concern for the future of the political process." "Journalism and Democracy challenges this orthodoxy, arguing instead for an alternative, more optimistic evaluation of the contemporary public sphere and its contribution to the political process."--Jacket.
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Subject Journalism -- Political aspects -- Great Britain.
Journalism -- Political aspects.
Great Britain.
Press and politics -- Great Britain.
Press and politics.
Public interest -- Great Britain.
Public interest.
Democracy.
Democracy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: McNair, Brian, 1959- Journalism and democracy. London ; New York : Routledge, 2000 (DLC) 99035507
ISBN 9780203021286
0203021282
9780415212793 (alkaline paper)
0415212790 (alkaline paper)
9780415212809
0415212804
9781134614929 (electronic book)
1134614926 (electronic book)
0203021282
0415212790 (alkaline paper)
0415212804