Media and Democracy

Author: Hong Yang
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Publish Date: 2003-02-01
Features: For the first time, the author proposes and explores a series of crucial questions: Where do modern ideals of republic, democracy, and freedom of the press originate? Did the emergence of new forms of state censorship in the 20th century and the rise of transnational media and electronic media destroy these modern ideals? Do new digital technologies, satellite broadcasting, and electronic media help or hinder the realization of these ideals? By the end of the 20th century, could the ideal of citizens freely and equally communicating through the media be achieved? In the world of publishing and electronic journals, these questions have long been neglected, and John Keane has brought them back to the center of political analysis and discussion.