Choice Reviews Online· 2014
The hybrid media system: politics and power
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Short summary
Andrew Chadwick's "The Hybrid Media System" argues that contemporary political communication operates within a hybrid media system where older and newer media logics interact and influence each other.
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Key points
- Contemporary political communication operates within a hybrid media system, not a purely digital one.
- Older media logics (e.g., broadcast, print) and newer media logics (e.g., social media, blogs) interact and influence each other.
- Power dynamics are central to understanding how political news is constructed and disseminated in this hybrid environment.
- The book analyzes case studies like WikiLeaks and Obama for America to illustrate systemic hybridity in action.
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Abstract
Acknowledgements Introduction 1. An Ontology of Hybridity 2. All Media Systems Have Been Hybrid 3. The Contemporary Contexts of Hybridity 4. The Political Information Cycle 5. Power, Interdependence, and Hybridity in the Construction of Political News: Understanding WikiLeaks 6. Symphonic Consonance in Campaign Communication: Reinterpreting Obama for America 7. Systemic Hybridity in the Mediation of the American Presidential Campaign 8. Hybrid Norms in News and Journalism 9. Hybrid Norms in Activism, Parties, and Government Conclusion: Politics and Power in the Hybrid Media System List of Interviews Notes Bibliography Index
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