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Democracy and the media : a comparative perspective / edited by Richard Gunther, Anthony Mughan. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000. - xv, 496 p. ; 24 cm. - Communication, society, and politics .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-485) and index.

The media in democratic and nondemocratic regimes, a multilevel perspective / Anthony Mughan and Richard Gunther -- The media and politics in Spain, from dictatorship to democracy / Richard Gunther, José Ramón Montero, and José Ignacio Wert -- Institutional incapacity, the attentive public, and media pluralism in Russia / Ellen Mickiewicz -- Democratic transformation and the mass media in Hungary, from Stalinism to democratic consolidation / Miklós Sükösd -- The modernization of communications, the media in the transition to democracy in Chile / Eugenio Tironi and Guillermo Sunkel -- Media influence in the Italian transition from a consensual to a majoritarian democrarcy / Carlo Marletti and Franca Roncarolo -- The United States, news in a free-market society / Thomas E. Patterson -- Japan, news and politics in a media-saturated democracy / Ellis S. Krauss -- The Netherlands, media and politics between segmented pluralism and market forces / Cees van der Eijk -- Great Britain, the end of news at ten and the changing news environment / Holli A. Semetko -- Germany, a society and a media system in transition / Max Kaase -- The political impact of the media, a reassessment / Richard Gunther and Anthony Mughan.

ISBN: 0521771803 0521777437 (pbk.)

LCCN: 99053841

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Mass media--Political aspects.
Democracy.

LC Class. No.: P95.8 / .D394 2000

Dewey Class. No.: 302.23