Democracy and media decadence / John Keane.

By:

Keane, John, 1949-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.Description: vii, 255 p. : 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781107041776 (hd)
9781107614574

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DDC classification:

302.23 23 K.J.D

LOC classification:

P96.I5 K44 2013

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Abstract

Contents:

Communicative abundance -- Monitory democracy -- Media decadence -- Democracy's opponents -- Why freedom of public communication?

Summary: "We live in a revolutionary age of communicative abundance in which many media innovations--from satellite broadcasting to iPhones and electronic books--spawn great fascination mixed with excitement. In the field of politics, hopeful talk of digital democracy, cybercitizens and e-government has been flourishing. This book admits the many thrilling ways that communicative abundance is fundamentally altering the landscape of our lives and our politics, often for the better. But has too little attention been paid to the troubling countertrends, the decadent media developments that encourage concentrations of power without limit, so weakening the spirit and substance of democracy? Exploring examples of clever new methods of government and market censorship, spin tactics and back-channel public relations, John Keane seeks to understand and explain these trends and how best to deal with them. Tackling some tough but fateful questions, Keane argues that 'media decadence' is harmful for the democratic body politic"--Publisher description.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Main library A3	Faculty of Economics & Political (Political)	302.23 K.J.D (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00012344

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Communicative abundance -- Monitory democracy -- Media decadence -- Democracy's opponents -- Why freedom of public communication?

"We live in a revolutionary age of communicative abundance in which many media innovations--from satellite broadcasting to iPhones and electronic books--spawn great fascination mixed with excitement. In the field of politics, hopeful talk of digital democracy, cybercitizens and e-government has been flourishing. This book admits the many thrilling ways that communicative abundance is fundamentally altering the landscape of our lives and our politics, often for the better. But has too little attention been paid to the troubling countertrends, the decadent media developments that encourage concentrations of power without limit, so weakening the spirit and substance of democracy? Exploring examples of clever new methods of government and market censorship, spin tactics and back-channel public relations, John Keane seeks to understand and explain these trends and how best to deal with them. Tackling some tough but fateful questions, Keane argues that 'media decadence' is harmful for the democratic body politic"--Publisher description.

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