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Packaging politics : political communications in Britian's media democracy / Bob Franklin.

Title
Packaging politics : political communications in Britian's media democracy / Bob Franklin.
Author
Franklin, Bob, 1949-
Publication
London : Arnold, 2004.

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Description
viii, 279 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
  • "Packaging Politics, Second Edition examines the various ways in which politicians, spin doctors and special advisers, in political parties, in central and local government and in Parliament have become increasingly enthusiastic and effective in using mass media to present and promote themselves and their policies to the public. Bob Franklin argues that packaging politics has potentially troublesome implications for the political process in a democracy."
  • "This thoroughly revised, updated and authoritative study of political communications in Britain, draws on interviews with key journalists and politicians, recent academic studies of general elections and political marketing, as well as official reports on special advisors, Government information services, Government advertising expenditure and party election broadcasts, to examine the changing character of political communications in Britain since the election of New Labour in 1997." "Packaging Politics, Second Edition is essential reading for students and scholars of journalism, politics and communications studies."--Jacket.
Subjects
Note
  • Previous ed.: London: Edward Arnold, 1994.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-266) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
1. Packaging Politics: An Overview of the Argument -- 2. Censorship, News Management and the Lobby -- 3. New Labour and the End of Spin? -- 4. Government Advertising: Selling Policies like Cornflakes? -- 5. Local Government Public Relations: Spinning the Local Agenda -- 6. Packaging the Postmodern Election -- 7. Local Newspapers, Local Parties and Reporting the Constituency Campaign -- 8. Parliamentary Communications: 'The Best Show in Town'? -- 9. Political Communication and Audiences: Informing or Persuading the Public?
ISBN
0340761946
OCLC
  • 53391616
  • SCSB-12677410
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library