The Origin of Dialogue in the News Media

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The Origin of Dialogue in the News Media is written by Regula Hänggli and published by Springer Nature. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 303026582X (ISBN 10) and 9783030265823 (ISBN 13).

This book develops a new theoretical framework for studying the interaction between political parties, the news media and citizens. The model addresses how political actors develop and push different arguments in a debate, how the news media select and communicate these arguments, and how they ultimately influence citizens’ democratic decisions. The author promotes dialogue as a convincing concept for analyzing the quality of public debate and advances a series of arguments for why and how this concept helps improve our understanding of key processes in democracy. Based on a detailed analysis of rich empirical data collected from referendum campaigns in Switzerland, the book is relevant beyond the specific context and applicable to election campaigns and public debates more broadly.