Political Communication - A Critical Introduction

This major international text introduces the key themes, issues and theoretical approaches in the field. A central concern is to put the politics back into the study of communication by posing key critical questions about power and ideology: what is being communicated, by whom, how, in whose interests, and with what effects and implications?

List of contents

Introduction.- 1. What is political about political communication?.- 2. Why does political communication matter?.- 3. Who are the audience/s?.- 4. How do governments and politicians communicate?.- 5. How is news communicated politically?.- 6. How is politics communicated beyond the news?.- 7. How is politics communicated beyond the nation state?.- 8. How do citizens communicate politically?.- Conclusion: Politics and Power.

About the author

Heather Savigny is Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of East Anglia, UK.

Summary

This major international text introduces the key themes, issues and theoretical approaches in the field. A central concern is to put the politics back into the study of communication by posing key critical questions about power and ideology: what is being communicated, by whom, how, in whose interests, and with what effects and implications?

Product details

• Authors: Heather Savigny
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.12.2016
• EAN: 9781137011381
• ISBN: 978-1-137-01138-1
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; B, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Media & Internet, Political Science and International Studies, Political campaigning and advertising, Political Communication, Civics and citizenship