Politics, Media, and Modern Democracy

DAVID L. SWANSON is Professor and Head of the Department of Speech Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the author (with D. Nimmo) of New Directions in Political Communication (1990) and (with J. Delia) of The Nature of Human Communication (1976).PAOLO MANCINI is Professor of Sociology of Communication and Academic Director of the School of Broadcast Journalism at the Universita de Perugia in Italy./e He is the author of Videopolitica (1985), Come Vincere le Elezioni (1989), Guardando il Telegiornale (1991), and Il Giornalismo e le Sue Regole (1992).

• Tables Series Foreword Politics, Media and Modern Democracy: Introduction by Paolo Mancini and David L. Swanson Campaign Innovations in Established Democracies with Stable Political Cultures Politics, Media and Modern Democracy: The United States by Dan Nimmo Modern Communications vs. Traditional Politics in Britain: Unstable Marriage of Convenience by Jay G. Blumler, Dennis Kavanagh, and T. J. Nossiter The Modernization of Swedish Campaigns: Individualization, Professionalization and Medialization by Kent Asp and Peter Esaiasson The "Americanization" of German Election Campaigns: Any Impact on the Voters? by Klaus Schoenbach Campaign Innovations in New and Restored Democracies Television, Campaigning and Elections in the Soviet Union and Post-Soviet Russia by Ellen Mickiewicz and Andrei Richter Television and Elections in Post-1989 Poland: How Powerful Is the Medium? by Karol Jakubowicz Political Communication and Electoral Campaigns in the Young Spanish Democracy by Juan I. Rospir Campaign Innovations in Democracies Facing Potentially Destabilizing Pressures American-Style Electioneering in Israel: Americanization versus Modernization by Dan Caspi Patterns and Effects of Recent Changes in Electoral Campaigning in Italy by Gianpietro Mazzoleni Secular Politics: The Modernization of Argentine Electioneering by Silvio R. Waisbord Politics, Media and Modern Democracy: The Case of Venezuela by Jose Antonio Mayobre Patterns of Modern Electoral Campaigning and Their Consequences by David L. Swanson and Paolo Mancini Selected Bibliography Index