News, Public Relations and Power

by Simon Cottle

• ISBN13: 9780761974956
• ISBN10: 0761974954
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-04-24
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd

Summary

Introducing theoretical ideas and the latest empirical findings in this fast-developing field of media communication scholarship and study News, Public Relations and Power has contributions from leading international researchers who address issues such as: the rapid growth of public relations and its impact on news production; state information management strategies in times of internal political dissent; political parties and mediated 'spin' conducted at national and local levels; the historically changing nature of war journalism; and tabloid television and forms of cultural representation. The book begins with Simon Cottle's introduction which sets out the key ideas and approaches in the field.

Table of Contents

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION

News, Public Relations and Power - Simon Cottle

Mapping the Field

PART TWO: PROMOTIONAL TIMES: THE GROWTH OF PUBLIC RELATIONS

Public Relations and News Sources - Aeron Davis

PART THREE: SOURCE FIELDS: DOMINANT INTERESTS

`A Good Day to Bury Bad News' - Bob Franklin

Journalists, Sources and the Packaging of Politics

Journalism under Fire - Philip M Taylor

The Reporting of War and International Crises

The Political Contest Model - Gadi Wolfsfeld

PART FOUR: SOURCE FIELDS: CHALLENGERS

Non-Governmental Organizations and the Media - David Deacon

Environmental Activism and News Media - Alison Anderson

PART FIVE: MEDIATING REPRESENTATION AND PARTICIPATION

Tabloid Television and News Culture - John Langer

Access and Representation

Journalism and Deliberative Democracy - Simon Cottle

Mediating Communicative Action