248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
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This fully-updated new edition of Politics and the Mass Media provides a comprehensive introduction to the role of mass communications in politics at all levels, from election campaigns, news reports and lobbying groups to the media activities of pressure groups. The relationship between politics, politicians and the media is a matter of increasingly contentious debate, as politicians' awareness... Read more
1 Politics and the Mass Media 2 Theories of the Media 3 The British Press 4 The British Press: Ownership, Control, Advertising and Re-Structuring 5 Broadcasting in Britain 6 The Politics of Broadcasting: 'Liberty on Parole' 7 News and the Production of News 8 'M is for Media': The Politics of Media Pressure 9 Political Communication: The Mass Media and General Elections 10 The New Media: Cable Television, Satellite Broadcasting and the Future of British Broadcasting 11 Do We Need a National Media Policy - Postscript The Future of the the BBC
Biography
Ralph Negrine is Lecturer at the Centre for Mass Communication Research, University of Leicester. He is the editor of Cable Television and the Future of Broadcasting and Satellite Broadcasting, and the co-author of The Internationalisation of Television and Images of Disability on Television.
