Journalism and democracy : an evaluation of the political public sphere / Brian McNair.
"The public sphere is said to be in crisis. Dumbing down, tabloidisation, infotainment and spin are alleged to contaminate it, adversely affecting the quality of political journalism and of democracy itself. There is a pervasive pessimism about the relationship between the media and democracy,...
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Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2000.
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Online Access: | CONNECT |