Political Communication and Social Theory presents an advanced
and challenging text for students and scholars of political
communication and mass media in democracies. It draws together work
from across political communication, media sociology and political
sociology, and includes a mix of theoretical debate and current
examples from several democratic media systems. Its wide ranging
discussions both introduce and contest the traditional scholarship
on a number of contemporary topics and issues. These include:
- comparative political and media systems
- theories of democracy, representation and the public
sphere
- political party communication, marketing and elections
- the production of news media and public policy
- media sociology and journalist-source relations
- celebrity politics, popular culture and political
leadership
- new media and online democracy
- national-global politics and international political
communication
- foreign policy-making, war and media
- the crisis of public communication in established
democracies.
At the same time, Political Communication and Social Theory also
offers a fascinating investigation of the causes of crisis in
established political and media systems. In today s democracies,
trust in politicians, state institutions and mainstream media
sources has dropped to new lows. The traditional business model
that sustained journalism is failing and nations are struggling to
respond to the existing global recession and impending
environmental and resource crises. Drawing on interviews with over
100 experienced politicians, journalists and civil servants, Aeron
Davis explores how the varied political actors and communicative
processes, at the centre of UK democracy, may or may not be
contributing to such crisis tendencies.
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