Sound Ideas (University of Puget Sound) · 1998 · 17 citations · 0 references
Social SciencesCommunicationPolitical CommunicationCommunication TheoryDemocratizationMass CommunicationCampaign CommunicationDemocracyMass Communication TheoryMass MediaMedia PowerDemocratization WavesMass Media EffectsMediatization Of Politics
A comparative and global investigation on the role of the media in the move from authoritarianism to democracy in developing and post-communist countries. The text explores the cultural, economic, and political conditions that have shaped the media in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America.