COM 517 COMMUNICATION IN POLITICS

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COM 517 COMMUNICATION IN POLITICS Media and
Democracy

• Walter Lippman Public Opinion Public
  opinion is facilitated, not formed naturally
• Robert McChesney media-democracy paradox
  concentration, conglomeration and
  hypercommercialism negates the democratic
  potential
• Jens Klaehn Herman-Chomsky Propaganda
  model multiple filters
• Colin Sparks Media theory v. media
  practice investigate the fault lines between
  media and audience and within media
  organizations themselves
• James Curran Medias relationship to
  governance
• Gianpetro Mazzoleni Winfried Schulz Mediatiza
  tion of politics becoming indistinguishable
• David Swanson Political-Media complex
  institutional needs dominate
• Jay Blumler and Dennis Kavanagh The third
  age of political communication

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Philosophies of Free Speech and Press
I. Individual Fulfillment (Thomas Emerson) II.
The attainment of truth the marketplace of
ideas (Oliver Wendell Holmes) III. Governance
(Alexander Meiklejohn) IV. Watchdog (Vincent
Blasi) V. Agent of Peaceful Change VI. Access
(Jerome Barron)
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COM 517 COMMUNICATION IN POLITICS Media and
Democracy

• Walter Lippman Public Opinion Public
  opinion is facilitated, not formed naturally
• Robert McChesney media-democracy paradox
  concentration, conglomeration and
  hypercommercialism negates the democratic
  potential
• Jens Klaehn Herman-Chomsky Propaganda
  model multiple filters
• Colin Sparks Media theory v. media
  practice investigate the fault lines between
  media and audience and within media
  organizations themselves
• James Curran Medias relationship to
  governance
• Gianpetro Mazzoleni Winfried Schulz Mediatiza
  tion of politics becoming indistinguishable
• David Swanson Political-Media complex
  institutional needs dominate
• Jay Blumler and Dennis Kavanagh The third
  age of political communication

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Three Ages of Political Communication

• Golden Age of Party Politics
• National media (Television) Diminished party
  propaganda Fairness by government fiat Larger
  audiences Network news as agenda/schedule
  arbiter
• Proliferation of media outlets (commercial/non-com
  mercial, new technologies, more opportunities for
  narrowly focused communication