Democracy and media decadence / John Keane.

"We live in a revolutionary age of communicative abundance in which many media innovations--from satellite broadcasting to iPhones and electronic books--spawn great fascination mixed with excitement. In the field of politics, hopeful talk of digital democracy, cybercitizens and e-government has...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Cambridge)
Main Author: Keane, John, 1949-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
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505 0 |a Communicative abundance -- Monitory democracy -- Media decadence -- Democracy's opponents -- Why freedom of public communication? 
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