Exploring the Paradox of Liberal Democracy: More Political Communications Equals Less Public Trust |
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| Authors: | IVOR GABER |
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| Affiliation: | Research Professor of Media and Politics at the University of Bedfordshire and Professor of Political Campaigning and Reporting at City University London. |
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| Abstract: | Francis Fukuyama asks: ‘Is liberal democracy prey to serious internal contradictions, contradictions so serious that they will eventually undermine it as a political system?’ This paper argues that one of these ‘internal contradictions’ is the political communications process and it can be sufficiently serious to undermine the democratic system—but such an undermining is not inevitable. |
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| Keywords: | media politics democracy spin government communications government press officers government news releases |
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