The Question about the Form the Political Communication Takes in Democratic Countries - a dialogue between rulers and the ruled or a political strategy behind the creation of voter preferences

• Authors: Dylla D.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The importance of the mass media has grown continually in the last few decades, which has of course had an effect on political communication. The issues brought about by this phenomenon include a look into the way the media shapes the relationship between the rulers and the ruled in a modern media society, and the arrangement of power relations between the political and media systems. Can the mass media be seen as an independent actor in the process of political communication, or as a tool that the political elite uses for their own purposes? Is the talk of party marginalization due to the increasing power of the mass media justified, or should the 'mediazation' be considered in light of the increased ability to politically influence and convince others? It is not possible within the limits of this article to show in detail the relationship between the political system and the media, as well as communication difficulties between citizens and politicians. The question of who generates the reporting in modern democracies amongst the two actors in political communication - the politicians and the journalists - will be the center of focus here, including who dominates the communication and the effect of the political battle for the topic agenda on the third actor, the audience.

Keywords

EN

POLITICAL COMMUNICATION

Discipline

• POLITICAL_SCIENCES: POLITICAL SCIENCES

• Publisher: Institute of Political Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences and Collegium Civitas
• Journal: Studia Polityczne (Political Studies)
• Year: 2005
• Issue: 17
• Pages: 75-93
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Dylla D.

• D. Dylla, Universitaet in Koeln, Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

06PLAAAA01012326