Can the Media Serve Democracy?: Essays in Honour of Jay G. Blumler

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction: Can the Media Serve Democracy?....Pages 1-18
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
The Idea of ‘Systems’ in Media Studies: Criticisms, Risks, Advantages....Pages 21-32
The Fine Art of Comparing Media Systems: Opportunities, Pitfalls and Challenges....Pages 33-43
Comparative Political Communication Research: The Undiminished Relevance of the Beginnings....Pages 44-52
Mediatization of the Modern Publicity Process....Pages 53-62
Front Matter....Pages 63-63
Public Service Broadcasting: Markets and ‘Vulnerable Values’ in Broadcast and Print Journalism....Pages 65-75
Political Communication Research in the Public Interest....Pages 76-86
Journalists, Journalism and Research: What Do We Know and Why Should We Care?....Pages 87-98
Democratic Political Communication Systems and the Transformative Power of Scandals: Phone Hacking at the News of the World as a Critical Juncture in the Regulation of the British Press....Pages 99-108
Morals and Methods: A Note on the Value of Survey Research....Pages 109-117
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
The Dream Machine? — Television as Public Culture....Pages 121-131
Audiences and Publics: Reflections on the Growing Importance of Mediated Participation....Pages 132-140
On Seeing Both Sides: Notes on the 2012 Presidential Debates....Pages 141-148
Front Matter....Pages 149-149
Changing Societies, Changing Media Systems: Challenges for Communication Theory, Research and Education....Pages 151-163
The Internet’s Gift to Democratic Governance: The Fifth Estate....Pages 164-173
Towards an Inclusive Digital Public Sphere....Pages 174-183
Beyond the Po-Faced Public Sphere....Pages 184-193
Front Matter....Pages 195-195
Jay Blumler: A Founding Father of British Media Studies....Pages 197-209
‘Values Are Always at Stake’: An Interview with Jay G. Blumler....Pages 210-221
Back Matter....Pages 222-251