Bøger i Political Communication serien

Taking political scandal as the entry point, this book presents a study of comparative political communication. It explores themes such as how and why journalists construct their scandal stories, what kind of narratives were told, the impact of political scandal, and what, if anything, this tells readers about the putative power of the press.

This text explores the side effects of a technologized society and asks if the way in which we ""do"" science may be changing the ways in which we are ""human"". Each topic addressed is preceded by an example from the ""real world"", and linked by an experimental approach to research methods.

With the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the 1990 German national election marked the first time East Germans voted in a free national election since 1933. This book focuses on the last two months before election day and examines key questions about the content and effects of mediated information.

Can the American media be blamed for the transformation of an ideologically cohesive society into a segmented society of pleasure seekers, startups,and subcultures? This book aims to show how Israel's new television system affected the country's political culture during the 1990s.

This work analyzes and compares the use of communication strategies of presidents and their administrations during the television age of politics. In begins in 1961, and demonstrates that various factors can play a role in whether or not a president succeeds in controlling the political agenda.

This study traces the evolution of US government press strategy from Vietnam through the Gulf War and its consequences. It illustrates how the rising importance of the press in everyday political life has compelled presidents to change their strategies for dealing with the media during war.

An exploration of women's involvement in national politics. It includes: the relationships that women politicians have with their local, regional and national news media; and the gap between what women politicians say they are doing when they implement a media strategy and what happens.