Politics and the Mass Media in Britain

Politics and the Mass Media in Britain
Author: Ralph Negrine
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2003-09-02
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1134868316

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 of the importance of the media becomes more sophisticated amidst rapidly-advancing media technology and control. Providing a review of the nature and content of political communications and of recent theoretical developments, Negrine addresses the issues surrounding today's mass media, including cable and satellite television, investigation of the press, the relationship between the state and broadcasing institutions and the ever-present question of whether or not Britain needs a media policy. This new edition includes: * Case studies from television and the press * Fully revised text with updated sections on the press, broadcasting and media legislation * Brand new chapters on Europe and globalisation

Power Without Responsibility

Power Without Responsibility
Author: James Curran
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 431
Release: 2002-09-10
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1134823312

Power Without Responsibility is a classic introduction to the history, sociology, theory and politics of the media in Britain. It is an essential guide, both for students and teachers of media and communication studies, and for all those involved in the production and consumption of the media. The new edition has been substantially revised to bring it right up-to-date with developments in the media industry, new media technologies and changes in the political and academic debates surrounding media policy. In this new edition, the authors consider: * whether we are on the threshold of a new communications revolution * the role of global media empires * the rise of video, cable and satellite * the global information society and contradictions in media policy * the BBC and broadcasting at the end of the 1990s * the evolving relationship of the press and the Conservative party. Assessing the press and broadcasting at a time of radical change, the authors suggest a manifesto for media reform.

Election Politics and the Mass Press in Long Edwardian Britain

Election Politics and the Mass Press in Long Edwardian Britain
Author: Christopher Shoop-Worrall
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 111
Release: 2022-01-16
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1000570649

This book explores the ways in which the emergence of the ‘new’ daily mass press of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries represented a hugely significant period in histories of both the British press and the British political system. Drawing on a parallel analysis of election-time newspaper content and archived political correspondence, the author argues that the ‘new dailies’ were a welcome and vibrant addition to the mass political culture that existed in Britain prior to World War 1. Chapters explore the ways in which the three ‘new dailies’ – Mail, Express, and Mirror – represented political news during the four general elections of the period; how their content intersected with, and became a part of, the mass consumer culture of pre-Great War Britain; and the differing ways political parties reacted to this new press, and what those reactions said about broader political attitudes towards the worth of ‘mass’ political communication. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of media history, British popular politics, journalism history, and media studies.

Politics and the Media in Britain

Politics and the Media in Britain
Author: Raymond Kuhn
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2017-09-16
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1137107286

This important new text provides an up-to-date account of the complex interrelationship between politics and the media in Britain. It starts by setting key policy areas in the context of technological convergence, globalization and initiatives at European level. It then addresses the key issues the role of the media in politics and elections.

Public Relations Democracy

Public Relations Democracy
Author: Aeron Davis
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2002-05-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780719060694

This book looks at the rapid expansion of professional public relations and discusses its effects on the mass media and political process.

The Politics of Media Policy

The Politics of Media Policy
Author: Des Freedman
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 315
Release: 2013-04-22
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0745657214

The Politics of Media Policy provides a critical perspective on the dynamics of media policy in the US and UK and offers a comprehensive guide to some of the major points of debate in the media today. While many policymakers boast of the openness and pluralism of their media systems, this book exposes the commitment to market principles that saturates the media policy environment and distorts the development and application of democratic media policies. Based on interviews with dozens of politicians, regulators, special advisers, lobbyists and campaigners, The Politics of Media Policy considers how governments, civil servants and media corporations have shaped the drawing up of rules concerning a range of issues including: Media ownership Media content Public broadcasting Digital television Copyright Trade agreements affecting the media industries. The book identifies both the institutions and the arguments that dominate the development of these crucial media policies. It will be of interest to public policy and media professionals, researchers, activists and students indeed all those determined to understand and respond to the impact of neo-liberalism on the contemporary world.