Prime ministers and the media : issues of power and control / Colin Seymour-Ure.
Material type: TextPublisher: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2003Description: xi, 270 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0631166874
- 9780631166870
- 0631187677
- 9780631187677
- 070.449320941 21
- PN5124.P6 S43 2003
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 070.449320941 SEY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A261228B |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Prime Minister, Communication, Power, Control -- 1. Public Communication and the Prime Minister's Tasks -- 2. Public Communication as a Prime Ministerial Resource -- 3. Public Communication: Turning Authority into Power -- 4. The Capital City as News Environment -- 5. Harlots Revisited: Media Barons, Politics and Prime Ministers -- 6. The Rise of the Downing Street Press Secretary -- 7. The Downing Street Press Secretary: Getting into a Spin? -- 8. Prime Ministers and Press Conferences -- 9. Grapevine Politics: Political Rumours -- 10. Drawing Blood? Prime Ministers and Political Cartoons.
"After examining what the job of prime minister demands of its holders in the way of public communication, and what resources are available, the book goes on to trace the growth of the Downing Street press office from inconspicuous beginnings to contentious prominence. But many factors affecting a prime minister's public image are not open to direct control: the book explores a contrasting selection of these, including political rumours, political places (the nature of a 'capital city'), political cartoons (a range of which is reproduced in the book) and media barons. The focus is contemporary and there are frequent international comparisons, especially with the USA."--BOOK JACKET.
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