Rowman & Littlefield International / ECPR Press
Pages: 240
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Trim: 6¼ x 9
978-1-78552-284-0 • Hardback • November 2018 • $100.00 • (£65.00)
978-1-78552-285-7 • eBook • November 2018 • $95.00 • (£61.50)
Eva Mayerhöffer is Assistant Professor of Journalism at the Department of Communication and Arts, University of Roskilde. She holds a Ph.D. in Political Communication from Freie Universität Berlin. Her research focuses on elites in modern democracies, political communication, comparative media studies, journalism cultures and populism.
List of Figures / 1. Introduction / 2. Elites in Mediatized Politics / 3. A Model of Elite Cohesion within Political Communication / 4. Political Communication Elites in the European Context / 5. Inter-Sectoral Cohesion in Political Communication / 6. Sector-Internal Cohesion of Media and Political Elites / 7. Elite Cohesion as an Explanatory Factor / 8. Conclusion / References / Appendix
Mayerhöffer’s book is a complex study of the role orientations of media and political elites in six European countries. It analyzes the impact of the political context on the degrees of distinction, cohesion and collusion among the three groups, drawing on theoretical approaches of both communications and elite research. This important book develops an innovative approach for studying the relations among elite groups that are of central importance for our modern democracies.
— Ursula Hoffmann-Lange, Professor of Political Science, University of Bamberg