Media, pluralism and democracy

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Bibliographic Data

ID11267971
AuthorsDaniëlle Raeijmaekers (University of Antwerp, corresponding author), Pieter Maeseele (0000-0002-2001-6216, University of Antwerp)
Year2015
Volume37
Issue7
Pages1042-1059
Publication date2015-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedia Culture & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0163-4437 • E-ISSN: 1460-3675
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0163443715591670
OpenAlexW2146084936
LanguageEN
Citations received47
References cited49

Media pluralism has become a buzzword in public, political, and academic discourses. However, it is generally unclear what is meant by referring to pluralistic media content or how pluralistic media should operate within democratic societies. The goal of this article is to distinguish between different conceptual and normative assumptions about media, pluralism, and democracy that demarcate the limits of analysis on media pluralism. Based on a discussion of three different schools of democracy with their corresponding media roles (the liberal, deliberative, and agonistic democracy schools), we derive two fault lines which allow us to distinguish four approaches to media pluralism. These approaches imply a different interpretation of its meaning and the standards by which it should be researched

Deliberative democracy · Democracy · Epistemology · Liberal democracy · Media studies · Normative · Pluralism (philosophy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Law · Media Influence and Politics · Media Studies and Communication · Philosophy · Social Media and Politics

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