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9780470751947

Prime Ministers and the Media: Issues of Power and Control

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  • ISBN13:

    9780470751947

  • ISBN10:

    0470751940

  • Format: eBook
  • Copyright: 2008-04-01
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

This book looks at the ways in which prime ministers manage and fail to manage their public communication. A timely examination of the ways in which prime ministers manage and fail to manage their public communication. Original in scope, covering political rumours, political cartoons and capital cities, in addition to more familiar topics. Sets contemporary analysis of Downing Street press secretaries, media barons and press conferences in fuller historical context than usual. Draws on public records, private papers and interviews by the author dating back to the 1960s.

Table of Contents

List of Figures
List of Maps
List of Tables
Preface
Introduction: Prime Minister, Communication, Power, Control
Public Communication and the Prime MinisterÆs Tasks
Public Communication as a Prime Ministerial Resource
Public Communication: Turning Authority into Power
The Capital City as News Environment
Harlots Revisited: Media Barons, Politics and Prime Ministers
The Rise of the Downing Street Press Secretary
The Downing Street Press Secretary: Getting into a Spin?
Prime Ministers and Press Conferences
Grapevine Politics: Political Rumours
Drawing Blood? Prime Ministers and Political Cartoons
Index
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