Democracy and Media Decadence

Examines the role of the media in shaping and representing political life, arguing that 'media decadence' is harmful for democracy.

Autorentext

Renowned globally for his creative thinking about democracy, John Keane is Professor of Politics at the University of Sydney and at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB). Among his best-known recent books are Global Civil Society? (Cambridge University Press, 2003), Violence and Democracy (Cambridge University Press, 2004), and the highly-acclaimed The Life and Death of Democracy (2009).

Zusammenfassung
In this revolutionary age of communicative abundance and media innovation, our lives and our politics have been altered in many ways for the better. John Keane targets the troubling countertrends and explains why 'media decadence' is actually harmful for democracy.

Inhalt

1. Communicative abundance; 2. Monitory democracy; 3. Media decadence; 4. Democracy's opponents; 5. Why freedom of public communication?