News, Public Relations and PowerSimon Cottle 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. |
Contents
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Promotional Times The Growth of Public Relations | 25 |
2 Public Relations and News Sources | 27 |
Source Fields Dominant Interests | 43 |
Journalists Sources and the Packaging of Politics | 45 |
The Reporting of War and International Crises | 63 |
5 The Political Contest Model | 81 |
Source Fields Challengers | 97 |
6 NonGovernmental Organisations and the Media | 99 |
7 Environmental Activism and News Media | 117 |
Mediating Representation and Participation | 133 |
Access and Representation | 135 |
Mediating Communicative Action | 153 |
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