THEORIES OF DEMOCRACY

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THEORIES OF DEMOCRACY

• Hegemony and the Media
• MR DOUG PERKINS

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POLITICAL NEWS
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ADMINISTRATIA

• Exam Wednesday
• New Concerns?

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POLITICAL FORMULAS

• The legal and moral basis or principle on which
  the power of the political class rests, is the
  political formula. Mosca
• Simply a fabrication?
• Is one better than another?
• By what standard?
• A subtlety the case of Nigeria

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HEGEMONY

• A Starting Point
• Hegemony Total domination of one group over
  another.
• Two components
• Force
• Consent
• In International Relations, this refers to the
  domination of one state over another.
• In Comparative Politics, it usually refers to one
  group or class over others

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QUESTION

• Why do people put up with so much cr_at_p?

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GAVENTA

• Three Levels of Power
• Straight Power Winning Arguments
• Control of Agenda Controlling the Floor
• Thin hegemony
• Hegemonic Control Creating a submissive culture
• Thick hegemony
• Hegemony is More than Domination!
• Gramsci the existing system of power relations
  becomes natural
• How?
• Is this a good or bad thing?
• Is it possible, or is it just Laying it on
  Thick?
• When? What variables cause hegemony?
• Thick vs. thin vs. paper thin hegemony

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SOME QUESTIONS

• How does the concept of hegemony add to the
  democratic discourse?
• How can we test to see if it exists, and if so
  what causes it
• Science explain variation
• How do we decide what peoples true values or
  interests are?
• hegemony is not always exploitive- how can we
  tell when it is?

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KELLNER BAGDIKAN GAMSON ET AL

• We are a TV Nation
• Political Implications?
• The liberal theory of the media
• Marketplace of ideas
• Objective reporting
• The conservative theory of the media
• Liberal reporters give biased reports
• www.truthinmedia.com
• The radical theory of the media
• Corporate control manufactures consent
• Role of public TV/radio
• www.zmag.com
• How has the Internet Changed This?
• Does the Media even Matter?
• Framing? Agenda Setting? Priming?
• Multi-casting, multiple messages, and multiple
  frames

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QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION

• Is hegemony a threat to American Democracy
• Yes
• No
• Do television and the media present a special
  threat to democracy in the United States?
• Yes
• No

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QUESTIONS???