I haven't written anything about this specifically (ie Trump's strategy of taking command over news flows), but I wrote about how journalism came to dominate politics/(politicians in Sweden some time ago (if no access, DM and I can send pdf): https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1527476414525671
Thank you. Got it. And I downloaded a bunch of papers/chapters. In The Gutenberg Parenthesis and Magazine (happy to send PDFs) I write about the arc of mass media--and its death. I want to examine the death next. So this is so relevant.
Thanks – I have the Gutenberg Paranthesis (great book and great historical perspective). But do not have access to Magazine, so would be happy for a pdf. Would also be interested in discussing the death of mass media. Are you perhaps attending ICA in Denver in June?
Thanks @goranbolin.bsky.social for igniting the conversation! I believe we shouldn't limit #mediatization (in this case, of politics) solely to journalistic practices or news outlets. Power today is broadly exercised and constructed throughout the mediasphere (...)
I see 2 key trends emerging: (1) a shift from traditional broadcasting and "liquid" forms of mediatization towards platformized and "gaseous" forms—more ephemeral and frenetic—and (2) a widening gap between the political representation interfaces and the dynamics of the contemporary mediasphere 🤔
Thanks @cscolari.bsky.social – I totally agree! Politics is today widely transgressing traditional genre boundaries (e.g. news, entertainment, PR, etc.). As the media are saturating all spheres of social lives, and as texts travel in fluid ways, these boundaries are no longer valid.
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https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1527476414525671
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328093027_The_Death_of_the_mass_audience_reconsidered_From_Mass_Communication_to_Mass_Personalisation