"Mediatization" of Politics: A Challenge for Democracy?

Political Communication

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 247-261

  Mazzoleni, Gianpietro ^a   Schulz, Winfried ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Democracy; Mass Media; Media Power; Mediatization; Political Communication; Political Parties

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033241754     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/105846099198613     Document Type: Article

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