The Mediation of Power by Aeron Davis

The Mediation of Power by Aeron Davis

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Providing textbook range and accessibility whilst delivering advanced thinking and new critical directions, ten chapters cover a broad range of common media and communications topics.

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The Mediation of Power by Aeron Davis

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 topics and debates in the field, including: 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 communications media audiences and effects. The debates are enlivened by first-hand accounts taken from over 200 high-profile interviews with politicians, journalists, public officials, spin doctors, campaigners and captains of industry. Tim Bell, David Blunkett, Iain Duncan Smith, Simon Heffer, David Hill, Simon Hughes, Trevor Kavanagh, Neil Kinnock, Peter Riddell, Polly Toynbee, Michael White and Ann Widdecombe are some of those cited.

Aeron Davis is a Senior Lecturer in Political Communication in the Department of Media and Communications, Goldsmiths College, London. He has published in the areas of political communication, media sociology, promotional culture and financial markets, and is the author of Public Relations Democracy (2002).

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ISBN 13 9780415404914
ISBN 10 0415404916
Title The Mediation of Power
Author Aeron Davis
Series Communication And Society
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published 2007-07-25
Number of pages 232
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.