Media Democracy – How The Media Colonize Politics Meyer Paperback Polity Press

Media Democracy\nby Meyer\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Meyer\nTitle: Media Democracy\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Media studies\nPublisher: Polity Press\nISBN-13: 9780745628448\nISBN-10: 0745628443\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nIn his controversial new book, Thomas Meyer argues that the media are transforming traditional party democracy into media democracy''. Political elites submit to the mass media''s formulas in the hope of salvaging some influence over their public images. The media thus colonize politics, and the politicans'' self-interest turns them into accomplices. Politics and the media have formed a partnership to conduct their main business: adopting well-tested formulas from the theatre to media productions. The public begins to respond to politics as.