Political communication and social theory / Aeron Davis.

By: Davis, Aeron, author
Language: English Series: Communication and societyPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, c2010Description: xviii, 196 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780415547123 (hardback); 0415547121 (hardback); 9780415547130 (pbk.); 041554713X (pbk.); 9780203847299 (ebook); 0203847296 (ebook)Subject(s): Communication in politics | Mass media -- Political aspectsDDC classification: 320.014 LOC classification: JA85 | .D38 2010
Contents:
In search of the 'good' democracy: comparing political and media systems -- Citizens, political representation and parliamentary public spheres -- professionalized parties, the electoral mechanism and the new wave of party leaders: the rise of David Cameron -- The production of policy and news: liquid politics and the working cultures of the new capitalism -- Journalist -- source relations, mediated reflexivity and the politics of politics -- Celebrity politics, symbolic communication and media capital in the political field -- New media and fat democracy: the paradox of online participation -- Politics and communication between the national and the global: determining the boundaries and significance of 'international political communication' -- Foreign policy-making, war and the disembedding of cosmopolitan elite networks: the case of Iraq 2003 -- The 'crisis' of politics and communication in aging democracies.
Summary: "'Davis skilfully blends social theory with a wealth of "insider" accounts from senior politicians and journalists to produce a classic text which sets a new benchmark for political communication scholarship.'-Bob Franklin, Professor of Journalism Studies, Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, UK.
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Includes index

Includes bibliographical references (p. [164]-187)

In search of the 'good' democracy: comparing political and media systems --
Citizens, political representation and parliamentary public spheres --
professionalized parties, the electoral mechanism and the new wave of party leaders: the rise of David Cameron --
The production of policy and news: liquid politics and the working cultures of the new capitalism --
Journalist --
source relations, mediated reflexivity and the politics of politics --
Celebrity politics, symbolic communication and media capital in the political field --
New media and fat democracy: the paradox of online participation --
Politics and communication between the national and the global: determining the boundaries and significance of 'international political communication' --
Foreign policy-making, war and the disembedding of cosmopolitan elite networks: the case of Iraq 2003 --
The 'crisis' of politics and communication in aging democracies.

"'Davis skilfully blends social theory with a wealth of "insider" accounts from senior politicians and journalists to produce a classic text which sets a new benchmark for political communication scholarship.'-Bob Franklin, Professor of Journalism Studies, Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, UK.

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