Political Communication in Postmodern Democracy: Challenging the Primacy of Politics

List of Illustrations Foreword; J.Blumler Introduction; K.Brants & K.Voltmer PART I: NEW APPROACHES TO POLITICAL COMMUNICATION Audience democracy: an emerging pattern in post-modern political communication; J.de Beus Representation and mediated politics: representing representation in an age of iron; S.Coleman PART II: MEDIATIZATION - THE CHANGING POWER GAME BETWEEN POLITICS AND THE MEDIA Mediatization and news management in comparative institutional perspective; R.Brown Spin and political publicity: Effects on news coverage and public opinion; C.de Vreese & M.Elenbaas Changes in political news coverage: personalization, conflict and negativity in British and Dutch newspapers; R.Vliegenthart, H.G.Boomgaarden & J.W. Boumans A changing culture of political television journalism; J.Stamper & K.Brants A question of control: journalists and politicians in political broadcast interviews; K.Voltmer & K.Brants The elephant trap: politicians performing in television comedy; L.van Zoonen, S.Coleman & A.Kuik PART III: DE-CENTRALIZATION - NEW FORMS OF CITIZENSHIP AND POLITICAL COMMUNICATION Political consumerism as political participation?; J.Ward The new frontiers of journalism: citizen participation in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands; T.Bakker & C.Paterson The new cultural cleavage: immigration and the challenge to Dutch politics and media; P.Van Praag & M.Adriaansen The mediation of political disconnection; S.Coleman, D.Morrison & S.Yates 'Voting is easy, just press the red button': communicating politics in the age of Big Brother; V.Cardo What's reality television got to do with it? Talking politics in the net-based public sphere; T.Graham Afterword; J.Corner Index