New Dimensions of the Political Communication. Chances and Limits

  • Author: Teresa Sasińska–Klas
  • Institution: Jagiellonian University in Kraków (Poland)
  • Year of publication: 2012
  • Source: Show
  • Pages: 341-353
  • DOI Address: http://dx.doi.org/10.15804/ppsy2012016
  • PDF: ppsy/41/ppsy2012016.pdf

Media and communication are subjects which are closely related. For quite some time in each public debate references are made to an increasing dependence between media and communication processes. Explicit attention is paid to a changing context of the communication process, and especially the process of political communication. The role of media in the process of public communication is, on the one hand, quite traditional; that is to inform the public, popularize information and mobilize citizens to action, all in the name of the public good. On the other hand, it is also noticeable that modern media play new roles such as providers of entertainment, scandals, sensation, enjoyment. All this brings a question: which of these functions tell us about the future of the media, and – consequently – how do they change the process of political communication in the public sphere? And is this what we want?

 

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