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Hybrid Politics examines the combinations and competitions between older and newer media technologies, practices, actors, contents and logics, by exploring their potential and practical implications in terms of political participation. In this Swift, Laura Iannelli analyses the ‘hybridity’ of politics in democratic societies from a multidisciplinary perspective, identifying the diverse forms of power and political participation that coexist within the contemporary complex media sphere, and which influence participation in the spheres of institutionalised and protest politics. Building upon renowned global research and original case studies, the book proposes an innovative and challenging analytic strategy to understand, explain, and problematise the contemporary complexity of political participation and communication.
Hybrid Research on Media and Political Participation
Hybrid Research on Media and Political Participation
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This chapter combines key theoretical perspectives on media and participation from research in political communication, democratic theory, audience research, citizenship studies, and social movement analyses. Establishing connections among diverse traditions of social research and theoretical approaches, the chapter sheds light on the complex role that the media plays in weakening or enhancing participatory processes within the diverse political spheres of democratic societies. The multidisciplinary research discussed in this chapter contributes indeed to identifying the diverse participatory processes that co-exist within the political sphere of the media, as well as how the media affects participation in institutionalised and protest politics. From analyses of the broadcast and press media of the 20th century ...
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