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What is Fifth Power

Universal Codes of Media in International Political Communications: Emerging Research and Opportunities
Continuation of Estates of the Realm usually attributed to mass media, including Internet, public opinion, the Church (since replaced as a first power by government officials), but sometimes term also refers to economic systems such as money and creation of such. Term is often attributed to Ignacio Ramonet Miguez.
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International Political Communication: New Challenges and Old Uncertainty
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3808-1.ch001
Abstract
The first chapter serves as an introduction to international political communication and associated terms. It dwells upon the difference of political communication in international relations and international political communication, also showing the functions and typology of the phenomenon, focusing especially on how connected international political communication is to media and how this connection further intensifies with time due to globalization processes and technological advancements of last few decades. Among the objectives attempted by the chapter is to introduce the reader to all crucial concepts of international political communication before moving in swiftly to its relation with universal codes of media in the very next chapter.
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