Public Opinion, Political Communication and the Internet

Bibliographic Data

ID6352883
AuthorsHeather Savigny (0000-0003-1940-688X)
Year2002
Volume22
Issue1
Pages1-8
Publication date2002-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolitics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0032-3268 • E-ISSN: 1467-9256
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/1467-9256.00152
OpenAlexW2136734310
LanguageEN
Citations received25
References cited11

In contemporary society public opinion is generally mediated by the mass media, which has come to encompass the Habermasian ‘public sphere’. This arena is now characterised by the conflict between market and democratic principles, by competing interests of politicians and the media. The presentation of information for debate becomes distorted. The opinion of the ‘public’ is no longer created through deliberation, but is constructed through systems of communication, in conflict with political actors, who seek to retain control of the dissemination of information. The expansion of the internet as a new method of communication provides a potential challenge to the primacy of the traditional media and political parties as formers of public opinion

Communication studies · Control (management · Deliberation · Democracy · Economics · Mass media · Political communication · Political science · Politics · Presentation (obstetrics · Public opinion · Public relations · Public sphere · Sociology · The Internet · Computer Science · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Rhetoric and Communication Studies · Social Media and Politics

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