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The Communication of Politics »

Authors: Ralph M Negrine
ISBN-13: 9780803977389, ISBN-10: 0803977387
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date Published: December 1996
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Ralph M Negrine

Book 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'.

	Preface: The Communication of Political Information
1	The Communication of Political Information and the Creation of an Informed Citizenry	1
2	'Public Information', Leaks and the Production of News	23
3	Reporting Parliament, Reporting Politics	52
4	Specialization in News Organizations: Producing Better News?	78
5	Public Opinion, the Media and the Democratic Process	101
6	The Construction of Politics	127
7	Political Communication and the Americanization of Politics	146
8	Political Communication in the Age of Global Electronic Media	167
	References	181
	Index	189