Focusing on the intersection of political communication and social theory, this text offers an in-depth exploration for students and scholars. It delves into the complexities of how media influences democratic processes, challenging readers to engage with advanced concepts and critical analyses in the field.
Aeron Davis provides a comprehensive overview of the political communication landscape in this insightful exploration. He delves into the interplay between media, politics, and public opinion, examining how these elements shape democratic processes. The book highlights key themes such as the influence of digital media, the role of political actors, and the impact of public discourse on governance. With a blend of theoretical insights and practical examples, it serves as a valuable resource for understanding contemporary political dynamics.
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.
We are living in a period of great uncertainty, in which many long-predicted tipping points in media and politics have been reached. Aeron Davis bridges old and new to map the shifts and analyse what they mean for our aging democracies. This important book both introduces and challenges the established literature--
This book argues that it is the Treasury, more than any other institution, public or private, which is responsible for socio-economic disparities in the UK, as well as the Brexit paralysis. -- .
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. Covering areas of international public concern, these polemical, accessible texts include reflections on the fate of schools and education, the takeover of public institutions by private interests, and the corruption of news and information in the financial sector. They cover the compromised Greek media during recent EU negotiations, the role played by media and political elites in the Irish property bubble, the compromising of government policy by corporate interests in the United States and Korea, and the squeeze on public service media in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and the United States. Individually and collectively, these pieces spell out the importance of maintaining public, shared knowledge in all its forms, and offer a rallying cry for doing so, asserting the need for strong public, financial, and regulatory support.
The Rise and Spread of Advertising, Public Relations, Marketing and Branding.
The book offers a comprehensive exploration of media and communications through ten chapters that blend accessibility with advanced critical perspectives. It addresses a wide array of prevalent topics in the field, making it suitable for both students and professionals seeking to deepen their understanding of contemporary media issues and theories.
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? -- .