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Intimate Politics
Publicity, Privacy and the Personal Lives of Politicians in Media Saturated Democracies
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Ideal for students and scholars of communication, media studies, and political science, as well as anyone seeking a deeper understanding of how contemporary politics is shaped by the interplay between public image and private life in advanced democracies.
* An innovative study that examines the personalised nature of political communication. * A comprehensive account of the shifting boundaries between the public and private. * International in scope, the book draws on a wide range of primary and secondary sources.
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It is often remarked that politicians’ private lives are becoming a feature of political communication in many advanced industrial democracies. However, there have so far been no genuinely comparative studies examining the personalised nature of political communication. Intimate Politics provides for the first time a systematic comparative analysis of such developments in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK and the US.
Drawing on a wide range of primary and secondary sources, it assesses the extent to which the private lives of politicians have become a feature of political communication in each democracy. The book provides a comprehensive account of the shifting boundaries between the public and private, and whether any developments are universal or more advanced in some democracies than others, and seeks to explain why this might be.
Intimate Politics will be of great value for students and scholars of communication and media studies and political science and is required reading for anyone who wants a fuller understanding of the transformation of mediated politics in advanced industrial democracies.
Series: Contemporary Political Communication
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MorningStar calls it 'an extremely useful book for those who are interested in the world beyond the level of bar-room gossip.' Journalism Studies praises it as 'a highly persuasive evidence-based study' with 'genuine international relevance' and suggests it should be considered 'the benchmark study for future scholarship.' Jay Blumler of the University of Leeds describes the book as 'data-rich, conceptually mature and several-sided,' predicting it will remain 'the definitive treatment of its subject for years to come.'
Book Details
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ISBN: 9780745644776
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 12 October 2012
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Polity Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 19.0mm
Width: 150.0mm
Height: 211.0mm
Weight: 322g
Pages: 248
About the Author
James Stanyer is senior lecturer in Media and Communication Studies at Loughborough University.
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