Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
How Political Actors Use the Media: A Functional Analysis of the Media's Role in Politics

How Political Actors Use the Media: A Functional Analysis of the Media's Role in Politics

Van Aelst, Peter
Walgrave, Stefaan

Paperback

General Political ScienceGeneral SociologyUnited States Politics

ISBN10: 3319868179
ISBN13: 9783319868172
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: Aug 23 2018
Pages: 282
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.67 Width: 8.28 Depth: 7.75
Language: English
This book investigates how individual politicians and political parties strategically make use of the media to reach their political goals. Looking beyond a purely Americentric viewpoint, the chapters present data from more than ten Western democracies to argue that the media are both a source of information and an arena for political communication. This double functional role of the media is examined from both a theoretical and an empirical perspective, including chapters dealing with different aspects of politics - from campaigning to law making - and within different political contexts. The role of the news media is discussed from the perspective of the political actor, focusing on both the opportunities and the constraints the news media provide, resulting in a multidisciplinary text that will appeal to students and scholars of both communication and political science.

1 different editions

Also available

Also in

General Sociology

View All