An Introduction to Political Communication

2. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-0-415-19921-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

In this highly accessible textbook Brian McNair critically explores the relationship between politics, the media and democracy in the United Kingdom, America and other contemporary societies. He examines how different organisations make use of advertising, marketing and public relations. This revised and updated edition draws on a range of contemporary examples to show how politicians and political groups communicate, including:

* new Labour under Tony Blair
* the failure of the Conservative general election strategy in 1997
* the Clinton presidency and a scandal-obsessed US media
* the Good Friday peace agreement in Northern Ireland
* the liberalising power of the Internet and concerns about threats to democracy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McNair, Brian

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and Acknowledgements

Part I Politics in the Age of Mediation 1. Politics in the Age of Mediation 2. Politics, Democracy and the Media 3. The Effects of Political Communication 4. The Political Media 5. The Media as Political Actors

PartII Communicating Politics 6. Party Political Communication I: Advertising 7. Party Political Communication II: Political Public Relations 8. Pressure Group Politics and the Oxygen of Publicity 9. International Political Communication 10. Conclusion: Perfomance Politics and the Democratic Process Notes Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Brian McNair is Reader in the Department of Film and Media Studies at Stirling University. He is the author of News and Journalism in the UK, Glasnost, Perestroika and the Soviet Union and Images of the Enemy.