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Press and television in British politics : media, money and mediated democracy / Neil T. Gavin.
Van Pelt Library PN5124.P6 G38 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gavin, Neil T.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Press and politics--Great Britain.
- Press and politics.
- Television and politics--Great Britain.
- Television and politics.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 206 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
- Summary:
- Contemporary British mediated democracy is said to be in crisis. The public are disengaged and uninterested in party politics; so-called spin-doctors seem to be omnipresent. In this context, how do television and the press handle important topics like the economy, the euro and anti-globalization politics? How well do these media communicate about political issues and what are the implications of their coverage? This evidence-based, theoretically informed and accessible study looks at the way in which public service broadcasters and their press counterparts approach these important questions. Addressing the issues of bias and balance, spin, tabloidization and the impact of coverage on the public, the book explores the strengths and weaknesses of reporting. The results are reassuring, but at the same time there are worrying developments that have serious implications for the way in which the media represent economics and politics to a public. This volume explores the significance of these findings for the media and for mediated democracy, in Britain and the rest of Europe.
- Contents:
- The media context: theory and evidence
- Connecting media and politics
- Going down market?: the evidence on tabloidization
- 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
- The politics of European news
- Europe and the euro in the news
- The British public and European news
- Conclusions and implications
- Democracy in danger?.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-201) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1403906238
- 9781403906236
- OCLC:
- 141187899
- Online:
- Publisher description
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