TY  - JOUR
AU  - Dahlgren, Peter
AU  - Alvares, Claudia
JF  - Javnost-The Public
TI  - Political Participation in an Age of Mediatisation: Toward a New Research Agenda
VL  - 20
IS  - 2
PY  - 2013
SN  - 1854-8377
PB  - EURICOM
UR  - https://javnost-thepublic.org/article/2013/2/4/
N2  - The media landscape and its societal significance is in rapid
transition; likewise basic features of democracy are changing.
In this article we pursue these two strands in order to
sketch the background to a need for a new research agenda,
as well as to arrive at proposals regarding the directions
that such research can take. In regard to democracy our
emphasis is on the dimension of participation, while the
developments in the media we capture with the term
mediatisation, which signals not only the ubiquity of media
but also the processes by which society increasingly adapts
itself to media logics. The first section takes up political
engagement and situates it within the changing character of
democracy. The second section is focused on the media and
dynamics of mediatisation, underscoring their significance
for democratic participation. In the third section we provide
the foundations for a research agenda on mediatisation and
democratic participation.
U1  - Print ISSN: 1318-3222
ER  -