Mass Media and Political Communication in New Democracies

Abstract

1 Katrin Voltmer The mass media and the dynamics of political communication in Processes of democratization - an introduction Part I: The mass media and journalistic practice - normative dilemmas, professionalization and political instrumentalization 2 Carlos Barrera and Ricardo Zugasti The role of the press in times of transition: the building of the Spanish democracy (1975 - 78) 3 Hedwig de Smaele 'In the name of democracy': the paradox of democracy and press freedom in post-communist Russia 4 Herman Wasserman and Arnold S. de Beer Conflicts of interest? Debating the media's role in post-apartheid South Africa 5 Silvio Waisbord In journalism we trust? Credibility and fragmented journalism in Latin America 6 Natalya Krasnoboka and Kees Brants Old and new media, old and new politics? On- and offline reporting in The 2002 Ukrainian election campaign Part II: Political parties, governments and elections: communication strategies and the mediatization of politics 7 Roberto Espindola Electoral campaigning in Latin America's new democracies: the Southern Cone 8 Gary Rawnsley Democratization and election campaigning in Taiwan: professionalizing the professionals 9 Sarah Oates Where's the party? Television and election campaigns in Russia 10 Ming-Ying Lee The Internet in politics: democracy in e-government in Taiwan Part III: Audience responses to political messages: interpretations and effects 11 Ellen Mickiewicz Does 'trust' mean attention, comprehension and acceptance? Paradoxes of Russian viewers' news processing 12 Stephen White and Ian McAllister Politics and the media in post-communist Russia 13 Katrin Voltmer and Rudiger Schmitt-Beck New democracies without citizens? Mass media and democratic orientations - a four country comparison 14 Katrin Voltmer Political Communication between democratization and the trajectories of the past.