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Mass Communication and the Promise of Democracy

democratic systems of government is much shorter – seem quite
willing to amend their ideological and material manifestations of
democracy, from voting rights for foreign labor to media owner-
ship. Once persuaded by the desirability of change, the process of
renegotiating the meaning of democracy requires political flexibil-
ity and, more specifically, a commitment to mass communication as
a mode of public participation.

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