How have professional communicators transformed the business of politics? Howdo political bodies use the media to sell domestic and foreign policies to the public? This fully revised new edition of The Media and Political Process assesses the impact of spin doctoring and media activity in liberal democracies that are just as concerned with impression management and public relations as with policy. Political processes never stand still, and this revised second edition explores the mediatisation of the political process in light of recent developments, from Vladimir Putin's growth into a political celebrity, to the activities of spin doctors in the 2008 US Presidential Elections. Providing a comprehensive overview of the evolution, operation and terminology of politicalcommunication, this text is an accessible, lively resource for students of political communication and media and politics, and will be important further reading for students of journalism, public relations and cultural studies. INDICE: 1 Introduction: 2 Politics: Image Versus Substance What is Politics? Politics: Hype versus Substance The Media as a Political Resource The game of Political Impression management What is Media-ized Politics? / 3 Western Political Development: An Evolving Symbiosis of Media and Politics: The Origins of Liberal-Democracy The Early Anglo Model The Massification of liberal-Democracy Managing Democracy: Taming Western Publics The Media's Evolving Role in Liberal Governance Liberal-Democracy and the Public Sphere / 4 Political Media Practice: An Outline: From Fourth Estate to Sensationalized Watchdogism News asEntertaining Spectacle Constructing the News Window 1: Journalistic PracticesConstructing the News Window 2: Choosing Sources Constructing the News Window3: Newsroom Struggles Institutionalizing the media-Politician relationship Journalists: Watchdogs or Symbiotic partners? Journalistic power / 5 Spin-doctoring: The Art of Political Public Relations: The Rise of PR Professionals as Political Players Changes to the Political process The Innovators of PR-ized Politics The Normalization of PR-ized Politics What is Political PR? The Tools ofPolitical PR / 6 Selling Politicians and Creating Celebrity: Constructing celebrity The game: Playing to a Televised Audience Genres of political Celebrity/ 7 Selling Political Policies and Beliefs: Worldviews Making Worldviews Popularizing Worldviews The Function of Worldviews / 8 Selling War//Selling Peace:The Era of mass Consent for Mass Killing Vietnam: A Televised Non-censored War The PR-ization of Warfare Nintendo Warfare The Iraq War Selling Peace / 9 The Media and Terrorism: Terrorism as Communication Terrorist Audiences FightingTerrorism Terrorism and the Media / 10 The Media and Foreign Relations: The CNN Effect Foreign Policy Making: The Players The Media and Foreign Relations The Media-ized Dimension of Foreign Relations / 11 Conclusion: Searching for Answers (and Questions) / Glossary / References / Index
- ISBN: 978-1-84860-447-6
- Editorial: Sage
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 232
- Fecha Publicación: 28/02/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés