Mediated Democracy: Politics, the News, and Citizenship in the 21st Century

by Michael W. Wagner, Mallory R. Perryman

Mediated Politics, the News, and Citizenship in the 21st Century takes a contemporary, communications-oriented perspective on the central questions pertaining to the health of democracies and relationships between citizens, journalists, and political elites. The approach marries clear syntheses of cutting-edge research with practical advice explaining why the insights of scholarship affects students’ lives. With active, engaging writing, the text will thoroughly explain why things are the way they are, how they got that way, and how students can use the insights of political communication research to do something about it as citizens.

Genres: Politics

344 pages, Paperback

Published August 10, 2020

Reviews

[John Mercurio · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book. Well written and easy to understand. Great analysis of the connections between the news media and democracy here in the U.S. O plan on borrowing heavily from it for my Intro-level Political Science classes.