week 2 Flashcards

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mediatization
mediation
media's independence 
media 
mass media
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underlines important shifts in the relationship between the spheres of politics and the media

neutral act of transmitting messages through media

degree to which media content is governed by media logic or political logic

social or cultural system of production and dissemination of symbols, signs, messages, meanings and values

mass media - system of institutions

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media logic

political logic

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media logic - the process through which media presents and transmits information; particular way of interpreting and covering social, cultural, political phenomena

political logic-

polity: system of rules regulating the political process in any given country
policy: process of defining problems and forming/implementing policies within a certain institutional framework
politics: the process of garnering support for one’s candidacy, party or political ideas

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mediagenicity

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skills to work different mediums

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4 dimensions of mediazation of politics

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  1. source of information: media, experiences or interpersonal communication
  2. media independent/dependent on political institutions
  3. media content governed by media logic or political logic
  4. political actors governed by either media or political logic
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media interventionism

6 characteristics

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media interventionism - degree to which political content is shaped by journalistic interventions
1. length of sound bites
2. journalistic visibility
3. lip flaps (overlay of reporter narration or corresponding video of a candidate who appears to be mouthing the words of a speech or a spoke comment
4. wrap-up - summary or a review
5. framing of politics as a strategy
6. journalistic styles: descriptive or interpretive
descriptive - who, what, where, how - facts; objectivity
interpretive - looking for the why; journalists have more control over the content

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US and Sweden

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  1. mass media is general
  2. TV constitutes as the source of information about politics and society
  3. broadcast media is independent from political institutions; media is independent
  4. US broadcasting system - commercial
  5. Public service audience significant in Sweden
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porous politics

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popular culture enters politics in a form of tv talk shows or online political entertainment

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celebrity politics

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politicians leaning on styles and aesthetics; performing connectivity online

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politician’s level of connectivity on social media

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  • position of the politician

- interactivity with other platform users, actors, politicians

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photo-op

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The constant flow of images published in the politicians’ Instagram platforms, discloses numerous self-produced and mass-self communicated images; arranged opportunities to take photos

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celebritization

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depoliticization of public discourses, primarily by shifting focus from ideological questions to lifestyle politics

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