The Mediation of Power investigates how those in positions of power use and are influenced by media in their everyday activities. Each chapter examines this theme through an exploration of some of the key topic areas and debates in the field. The topics covered are:
theories of media and power
media policy and the economics of information
news production and journalistic practice
public relations and media management
culture and power
political communication and mediated politics
new and alternative media
interest group...
The Mediation of Power investigates how those in positions of power use and are influenced by media in their everyday activities. Each chapter examine...
Aeron Davis is the first to offer a general overview of the rise and impact of professional public relations in Britain, stepping beyond the status quo of 'spin doctors' and elections by also exploring the public relations activities of the corporate sector, the City, pressure groups, and the trade union movement. Davis explores the question: to what extent are journalists and decision-makers being affected and who stands to benefit most in the new era of public relations democracy?
Aeron Davis is the first to offer a general overview of the rise and impact of professional public relations in Britain, stepping beyond the status qu...
Suitable for students and scholars of political communication and mass media in democracies, this book challenges the traditional scholarship on various issues such as: comparative political and media systems; theories of democracy, representation and the public sphere; and, political party communication, marketing and elections.
Suitable for students and scholars of political communication and mass media in democracies, this book challenges the traditional scholarship on vario...
In the twenty-first century, promotion is everywhere and everything has become promotable: everyday goods and organizations, people and ideas, cultures and futures. This engaging book looks at the rise of advertising, public relations, branding, marketing and lobbying, and explores where our promotional times have taken us.
Promotional Cultures documents how the professions and practices of promotion have interacted with and reshaped so much in our world, from commodities, celebrities and popular culture to politics, markets and civil society. It offers a mix of historical...
In the twenty-first century, promotion is everywhere and everything has become promotable: everyday goods and organizations, people and ideas, cult...
In the twenty-first century, promotion is everywhere and everything has become promotable: everyday goods and organizations, people and ideas, cultures and futures. This engaging book looks at the rise of advertising, public relations, branding, marketing and lobbying, and explores where our promotional times have taken us.
Promotional Cultures documents how the professions and practices of promotion have interacted with and reshaped so much in our world, from commodities, celebrities and popular culture to politics, markets and civil society. It offers a mix of historical...
In the twenty-first century, promotion is everywhere and everything has become promotable: everyday goods and organizations, people and ideas, cult...
The Death of Public Knowledge argues for the value and importance of shared, publicly accessible knowledge, and suggests that the erosion of its most visible forms, including public service broadcasting, education, and the network of public libraries, has worrying outcomes for democracy.With contributions from both activists and academics, this collection of short, sharp essays focuses on different aspects of public knowledge, from libraries and education to news media and public policy. Together, the contributors record the stresses and strains placed upon public knowledge by...
The Death of Public Knowledge argues for the value and importance of shared, publicly accessible knowledge, and suggests that the erosion o...
Aeron Davis looks at the growing crisis of leadership in Britain today. He argues that increasingly self-interested elites are not only damaging society, they are destroying the basis of Establishment rule itself. The book, based on over 350 elite interviews, asks: how did we end up producing the leaders that got us here and what can we do about it? -- .
Aeron Davis looks at the growing crisis of leadership in Britain today. He argues that increasingly self-interested elites are not only damaging socie...
Aeron Davis looks at the growing crisis of leadership in Britain today. He argues that increasingly self-interested elites are not only damaging society, they are destroying the basis of Establishment rule itself. The book, based on over 350 elite interviews, asks: how did we end up producing the leaders that got us here and what can we do about it? -- .
Aeron Davis looks at the growing crisis of leadership in Britain today. He argues that increasingly self-interested elites are not only damaging socie...
A timely and provocative exploration of contemporary political communication from a world-leading author team. In an age of "fake news" and Youtube algorithms it can be tempting to see politics as all mediation, but this book refocuses on the broader contexts or neoliberalism, elites, populism, activism and so on. There's more to Trump than Twitter.
A timely and provocative exploration of contemporary political communication from a world-leading author team. In an age of "fake news" and Youtube al...
