Using a comparative approach, this book examines how political communication and the mass media have played an important role in the consolidation of democratic

Essays on the promise and dangers of the Internet for democracy.

A state-of-the-art account of what we know and do not know about the effects of digital technology on democracy.

The last quarter of a century has seen an unprecedented wave of democratization around the globe. In these transitions from authoritarian rule to a more democra

An updated edition of the “penetrating study” examining how the current state of mass media puts our democracy at risk (Noam Chomsky). What happens when a f