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Politics, Media and Democracy in Australia: Public and Producer Perceptions of the Political Public Sphere

Politics, Media and Democracy in Australia: Public and Producer Perceptions of the Political Public Sphere

McNair, Brian
Flew, Terry
Harrington, Stephen

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Series: Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies

General ReferenceWriting InstructionGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 1138305812
ISBN13: 9781138305816
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jun 16 2017
Pages: 238
Weight: 0.76
Height: 0.54 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

In Australia, as in many comparable democracies, the role of the media in the political process is high on the public agenda. There is a perception of widespread disillusionment with and disengagement from politics amongst voters, and criticism of the media for failing to fulfil their democratic responsibilities adequately. This book evaluates public perceptions of the performance of the political media in the context of the declared aims and objectives of media producers. From there the authors present findings for improving the capacity of political media to engage and inform their audiences in ways which enhance the quality and popular legitimacy of the democratic process. These conclusions are of import not only to Australians, but to observers of mediated politics in the UK, the US and other countries where similar debates around the 'crisis of public communication' are on-going.

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