Press and Television in British Politics: Media, Money and Mediated Democracy

ISBN-13: 9781403906236 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 206 str.

Dr Neil T. Gavin

Opis

Press and Television in British Politics offers a research-based exploration of the way the media portrays a range of political and economics-related topics. Using both quantitative and qualitative techniques, Gavin explores the implications that follow for journalism and journalism study, and for British and European democracy and politics.

Spis treści

PART I: THE MEDIA CONTEXT: THEORY AND EVIDENCE Connecting Media and Politics Going Down Market?: The Evidence on Tabloidization PART II: THE POLITICS OF ECONOMIC NEWS Bias and Imbalance in Economic News Economic News and the Public Anti-globalization Politics: The Trafalgar Square and Seattle Demonstrations PART III: THE POLITICS OF EUROPEAN NEWS Europe and the Euro in the News The British Public and European News PART IV: CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS Democracy in Danger?

O autorze

NEIL T. GAVIN is Senior Lecturer in the School of Politics and Communication Studies, Liverpool University, UK, and formerly taught at York University and London School of Economics and Political Science. He was editor of The Economy, Media and Public Knowledge and co-editor of Britain Votes 1997.