Mass Media and Political Communication in New Democracies

Katrin Voltmer is Senior Lecturer of Political Communication at the Institute of Communications Studies, University of Leeds, UK.

'The authors of each of the books sections provide a wealth of interesting cases, the writings in this volume draw a gripping picture of the media's changing role within it, from an instrument of autocratic power to an independent voice.' - Political Studies Review

• 1. The Mass Media and The Dynamics of Political Communication in Processes of Democratization – An Introduction Part 1: The Mass Media and Journalistic Practice – Normative Dilemmas, Professionalization and Political Instrumentalization 2. The Role of the Press in Times of Transition: The Building of the Spanish Democracy (1975 – 78) 3. ‘In the Name of Democracy’: The Paradox of Democracy and Press Freedom in Post-Communist Russia 4. Conflicts of Interest? Debating the Media’s Role in Post-Apartheid South Africa 5. In Journalism We Trust? Credibility and Fragmented Journalism in Latin America 6. Old and New Media, Old and New Politics? On-And Offline Reporting in the 2002 Ukrainian Election Campaign Part 2: Political Parties, Governments and Elections: Communication Strategies and the Mediatization of Politics 7. Electoral Campaigning in Latin America’s New Democracies: The Southern Cone 8. Democratization and Election Campaigning in Taiwan: Professionalizing the Professionals 9. Where’s the Party? Television and Election Campaigns in Russia 10. The Internet in Politics: Democracy in E-Government in Taiwan Part 3: Audience Responses to Political Messages: Interpretations and Effects 11. Does ‘Trust’ Mean Attention, Comprehension and Acceptance? Paradoxes of Russian Viewers’ News Processing 12. Politics and the Media in Post-Communist Russia 13. New Democracies Without Citizens? Mass Media and Democratic Orientations – A Four Country Comparison 14. Political Communication Between Democratization and the Trajectories of the Past