CSD Bulletin, The Media and Democracy

Author

Chantal Mouffe, Abdelwahab El-Affendi, Bert A. Rockman, Doreen Massey, Tony McGrew, Kimberly Hutchings, Niels Jacob Harbitz

Content Type

Policy Brief

Institution

Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster

Abstract

Does the power of the media threaten democracy (understood as the participation of the people in political debate and decision- making)? In answering this question we need to distinguish between three kinds of power: political, economic, and intellectual.

Topic

Gender Issues, Globalization, Government

Political Geography

United Kingdom