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In Making Sense of Media and Politics, Gadi Wolfsfeld introduces readers to the most important concepts that serve as a framework for examining the interrelationship of media and politics:    political power can usually be translated into power over the news media  when authorities lose control over the political environment they also lose control over the news  there is no such thing as objective journalism (nor can there be)  the media are dedicated more than anything else to telling a good story  the most important effects of the news media on citizens tend to be unintentional and unnoticed.  By identifying these five key principles of political communication, the author examines those who package and send political messages, those who transform political messages into news, and the effect all this has on citizens. 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The book identifies three tensions in the current literature that have thus far prevented a general theory of political communication. The first is a vague understanding of what it means for media to exercise independence from politics. The second is a focus on media in wealthy, Western, and democratic countries. The third is a tendency to build interpretive frameworks that pose as theories, but that cannot be tested. To address these three tensions, this book adapts, refines, and extends the Politics-Media-Politics (PMP) principle, which states that variations in political ecosystems have a major impact on media systems, values, practices, and resources, which can then have dependent, independent, and conditional effects on political processes. With an emphasis on international comparative studies encompassing diverse political systems, the authors move beyond the field's Western focus to show that PMP is useful in a wide range of contexts and subfields. 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Five major principles are used to summarize the major arguments:          Political power can usually be translated into power over all forms of media.      When the powerful lose control over the political environment, they also lose control over all forms of media.      Every political story that appears in every form of media is biased.      All forms of media are primarily dedicated to telling good stories, which can have a major impact on political processes.       Many of the most important effects of the various forms of media on citizens tend to be unintentional and unnoticed.   By identifying these five key principles of political communication, Wolfsfeld examines those who package and send political messages, those who transform political messages into stories, and the effects this can have on citizens, and how the more active members of the public (\"users\") can initiate their own stories. 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Covers key emerging topics including misinformation and threats to democratic institutions, new forms of political engagement, and the economic base of the various forms of media.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":50698122133777,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":50698124329233,"sku":"NGR9781032009834","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52138945151249,"sku":"NLS9781032009834","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52745697001745,"sku":"NIN9781032009834","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1032009837.jpg?v=1751444439"},{"product_id":"media-and-political-conflict-book-gadi-wolfsfeld-9780521589673","title":"Media and Political Conflict","description":"The news media have become the central arena for political conflicts today. 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While the first is devoted to developing the theoretical model, the second employs this approach to analyse the role of the news media in three conflicts: the Gulf war, the Palestinian intifada, and the attempt by the Israeli right wing to derail the Israeli-Palestinian peace accord.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51509740011793,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51509740077329,"sku":"GOR007829578","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52337282449681,"sku":"NLS9780521589673","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53333468840209,"sku":"GOR004934559","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0521589673.jpg?v=1750697970"},{"product_id":"making-sense-of-media-and-politics-book-gadi-wolfsfeld-9781032009933","title":"Making Sense of Media and Politics","description":"In the new edition of this classic text, Gadi Wolfsfeld illustrates the five major principles needed to understand the interrelationship of media and politics.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52125217620241,"sku":"NLS9781032009933","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781032009933.jpg?v=1757463335"},{"product_id":"media-and-political-conflict-book-gadi-wolfsfeld-9780521580458","title":"Media and Political Conflict","description":"The news media have become the central arena for political conflicts today. 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