New communication technologies have reshaped media and politics. But who are the new power players? The Hybrid Media System is a sweeping new theory of how political communication now works. Politics is increasingly defined by organizations, groups, and individuals who are best able to blend older and newer media logics, in what Andrew Chadwick terms a hybrid system. Power is wielded by those who create, tap, and steer information flows to suit their goals and in ways that modify, enable, and disable the power of others, across and between a range of older and newer media. By examining this system in flow, Chadwick reveals its complex balance of power. From American presidential campaigns to WikiLeaks, from live prime ministerial debates to hotly-contested political scandals, from the daily practices of journalists, campaign workers, and bloggers to the struggles of new activist organizations, the clash of media logics causes chaos and disintegration but also surprising new patterns of order and integration. With a new preface and chapter, the fully updated second edition applies the conceptual framework of the hybrid system to the 2016 U.S. presidential election and the rise of Donald Trump, illustrating the ways individuals blend new and old media systems to obtain political power.

About the Author
Andrew Chadwick is Professor of Political Science and the Founding Director of the New Political Communication Unit in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is the author of the award-winning book Internet Politics: States, Citizens, and New Communication Technologies, co-editor (with Philip N. Howard) of The Handbook of Internet Politics, and the founding editor of the OUP book series, Oxford Studies in Digital Politics. http://www.andrewchadwick.com.

Reviews
"This is an important book, already cited as seminal in the field of political communication." -Choice "...mandatory reading for any scholar of contemporary political communication" -Political Communication "...illuminating, reorienting, even analytically liberating." -Political Science Quarterly "...dizzyingly multidimensional..." -Journalism "...great insights, a highly enjoyable reading experience, and excellent research." -Public Administration "Chadwick's measured analytical approach is one of the book's great strengths." -The International Journal of Press/Politics "Chadwick approaches media with considerable theoretical nuance and a rigorously empirical sensibility a major contribution to advancing our understanding of media and politics." -Social Forces "This is an important and timely book will likely one day be measured by the weight of future scholarship that it inspires." -Information Polity "Chadwick's primary aim is to peel away the misbegotten dichotomies shaping so many current debates surrounding contemporary political communication and to present alternative frameworks that go beyond those dichotomies. In that aim, he is extraordinarily successful." -Media, Culture, & Society "Big theory for understanding a complex political media environment." -The Journal of Politics "...valuable, thought-provoking, and conceptually-compelling." -Perspectives on Politics "Having read this, many textbooks feel dated to me now. This volume describes the organization, logic, and function of contemporary media in immediate and engaging terms. It is a must read for all students of media, and interested parties in general." -Zizi Papacharissi, University of Illinois Chicago



Book Information
ISBN 9780190696726
Author Andrew Chadwick
Format Hardback
Page Count 368
Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Weight(grams) 745g
Dimensions(mm) 239mm * 162mm * 27mm