Dictating Reality - The Global Battle to Control the News

Dictating Reality shows how states are battling to control and shape the news in order to entrench their power, evade scrutiny, and ensure that their political narratives are accepted.

About the author

Martin Moore is senior lecturer in political communication education and director of the Centre for the Study of Media, Communication and Power at King's College London. His books include Democracy Hacked: How Technology Is Destabilizing Global Politics (2018).

Thomas Colley is senior visiting research fellow in war studies at King's College London and senior lecturer at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. His books include Always at War: British Public Narratives of War (2019).

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Colley, Moore Martin
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 18.11.2025
• EAN: 9780231212908
• ISBN: 978-0-231-21290-8
• Illustrations: 1 black-and-white illustration
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science; Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Media & Internet, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Propaganda, Press & journalism, Political structure & processes, News media and journalism, Media studies: Journalism, Political control and freedoms, Political Control & Freedoms, Political structure and processes