Mediated Politics: Communication in the Future of Democracy Book

	List of Figures
	List of Tables
	Contributors
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
1	Mediated Politics: An Introduction	1
2	The Public Sphere and the Net: Structure, Space, and Communication	33
3	Promoting Political Engagement	56
4	The Internet and the Global Public Sphere	75
5	Reporting and the Push for Market-Oriented Journalism: Media Organizations as Businesses	99
6	Political Discourse and the Politics of Need: Discourses on the Good Life in Cyberspace	117
7	Dividing Practices: Segmentation and Targeting in the Emerging Public Sphere	141
8	Let Us Infotain You: Politics in the New Media Environment	160
9	The Future of the Institutional Media	182
10	Reframing Public Opinion as We Have Known It	203
11	Political Waves and Democratic Discourse: Terrorism Waves During the Oslo Peace Process	226
12	Monica Lewinsky and the Mainsprings of American Politics	252
13	The Big Spin: Strategic Communication and the Transformation of Pluralist Democracy	279
14	The Impact of the New Media	299
15	Issue Advocacy in a Changing Discourse Environment	323
16	Implications of Rival Visions of Electoral Campaigns	342
17	Mediated Electoral Democracy: Campaigns, Incentives, and Reform	362
18	"Americanization" Reconsidered: U.K.-U.S. Campaign Communication Comparisons Across Time	380