1st Edition

Politics and the Press in Thailand Media Machinations

By Duncan McCargo Copyright 2000
    216 Pages
    by Routledge

    224 Pages
    by Routledge

    This is the first book in the English language to examine the tangled web of relationships linking newspaper owners, editors and reporters, with leading politicians and power-holders. Duncan McCargo has been granted unique access to the editorial meetings of Thailand's leading newspapers, and drawing on this, the book uncovers the contradictions and dichotomies which underlie political coverage in the Thai press.

    Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Political news-gathering in Thai language newspapers; Chapter 3 The role of political reporters; Chapter 4 Inside a political daily; Chapter 5 Investigative reporting?; Chapter 6 The power of the political columnist; Chapter 7 Conclusion;

    Biography

    Duncan McCargo is a senior lecturer in politics at the University of Leeds. His other books include: Chamlong Srimuang and the New Thai Politics (Hurst, 1997), Media and Politics in Pacific Asia (Routledge, 2001) and Reforming Thai Politics (edited, NIAS, 2001).

    'Essential reading for students of Thai politics.' - Contemporary Southeast Asia