Journal article
Advancing comparative studies in political communication research: What factors explain the transformation of media systems?
The international communication gazette, Vol.86(7), pp.521-540
11/01/2024
DOI: 10.1177/17480485231177887
Abstract
Hallin and Mancini's Comparing Media Systems has provided Mass Communication research with valuable tools to compare media settings from a transnational viewpoint. However, most recent contributions around media systems theory focus on suggesting new dimensions or variables to update the three models presented in the authors' book, leaving behind the discussion concerning the factors galvanizing the transformation processes. We then ask: What factors explain the transformation of media systems? Through a literature review and the discussion of an extensive array of examples from different countries, our essay formulates new insights to refine a crucial concept in media studies. We examine material, institutional, and cultural logics of change to point out how the described transformations might unfold at different paces in particular social systems. By resorting to the idea of "critical junctures," our essay illustrates how supposedly isolated shifts in the media systems can have unexpected impacts.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Advancing comparative studies in political communication research: What factors explain the transformation of media systems?
- Creators
- Francisco Paulo Jamil Marques - Universidade Federal do ParanáTim P. Vos - Michigan State University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The international communication gazette, Vol.86(7), pp.521-540
- Publisher
- Sage
- DOI
- 10.1177/17480485231177887
- ISSN
- 1748-0485
- eISSN
- 1748-0493
- Number of pages
- 20
- Grant note
- Friendship House: Larry Woods Michigan State Universityamp;apos;s School of Journalism for the research opportunities in East Lansing The authors are grateful to Dr Joy Jenkins for her comments on previous versions of this essay. Dr Marques expresses his deepest gratitude to the Michigan State Universityamp;apos;s School of Journalism for the research opportunities in East Lansing. He a
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/01/2024
- Academic Unit
- School of Journalism and Mass Communication; Center for Social Science Innovation
- Record Identifier
- 9984772262102771
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