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Monday, February 11, 2013
Spring 2013 - a new semester of the Comparative Politics Seminar
It's a new semester - Spring 2013 - and we're in the midst of another section of the Senior Seminar in Comparative Politics. There'll be new research posted about a number of topics, and hopefully interesting discussions.
Book Review: Comparing Media Systems: Three Models of Media and Politics By Daniel Hallin and Paolo Mancini
To summarize this book in short the question at hand is no doubt concerned with examining "what is the press and media's role in politics?” Over the course of the book it attempts to answer this question by looking at North American and Western European media and politics relationships. Topics such as party polarization, newspaper readership and the accessibility to forms of media are all included in their discussion of how media impacts an individual’s political positions. I found the insights they made regarding a variety of the modern industrialized nations throughout the world to be useful in describing how varied forms of media whether it be print or broadcast can stipulate an political conversation
Well these are all incredibly important ideas to acknowledge in our globalized society I do believe it falls short of discussing perhaps the most important arena in which political discourse occurs today, this area of course being that of social media. Now this may not be the fault of the authors due to the fact that at the time of the book's publishing (2004) it is most likely accurate to say that forms of new media were not directly impacting the political discourse in a similar fashion to today’s political climate. Thus I would definitely refer someone to a more current writing of the relationship between media and politics if their goal in mind is to discuss how avenues such as social media are impacting the practice of politics.But in the case of how traditional print and broadcast political outlets play an role I believe this book is well worth an read
Book Review: Comparing Media Systems: Three Models of Media and Politics
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To summarize this book in short the question at hand is no doubt concerned with examining "what is the press and media's role in politics?” Over the course of the book it attempts to answer this question by looking at North American and Western European media and politics relationships. Topics such as party polarization, newspaper readership and the accessibility to forms of media are all included in their discussion of how media impacts an individual’s political positions. I found the insights they made regarding a variety of the modern industrialized nations throughout the world to be useful in describing how varied forms of media whether it be print or broadcast can stipulate an political conversation
Well these are all incredibly important ideas to acknowledge in our globalized society I do believe it falls short of discussing perhaps the most important arena in which political discourse occurs today, this area of course being that of social media. Now this may not be the fault of the authors due to the fact that at the time of the book's publishing (2004) it is most likely accurate to say that forms of new media were not directly impacting the political discourse in a similar fashion to today’s political climate. Thus I would definitely refer someone to a more current writing of the relationship between media and politics if their goal in mind is to discuss how avenues such as social media are impacting the practice of politics.But in the case of how traditional print and broadcast political outlets play an role I believe this book is well worth an read