The Communication of Politics - Softcover

Negrine, Ralph M

 
9780803977396: The Communication of Politics
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0803977395 ISBN 13: 9780803977396
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1996

Synopsis

How should those exercising power be made more accountable, and what roles should the mass media play in that process? Can the public monitor the exercise of power without the existence of a strong and inquisitive media? The Communication of Politics examines these and other questions vital to the debate on the media′s role in the democratic process.

Ralph Negrine explores the complexity of the links between the media, the institutional political world and the public through case studies drawn from contemporary British politics and other political systems including the United States. He examines some of the often overlooked problems faced by the media in its efforts to create an `informed citizenry′. Questioning the practices that filter information and confronting the idea that information itself is unproblematic, Negrine shows why the essential task of uncovering truths remains elusive.

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About the Author

Ralph Negrine is Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Mass Communication Studies, Leicester University, UK. His publications include Politics and the Mass Media in Britain and Images of Disability on Television (with Guy Cumberbatch).

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Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd
Publication date
1996
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0803977395
ISBN 13 
9780803977396
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
208

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