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Readers will find thought-provoking analyses that uncover the strategies and narratives shaping democratic dialogue today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEngaging with themes across philosophy, psychology, and history, this collection illuminates the forces behind political persuasion and public opinion, providing a nuanced understanding of how communication influences power and policy in contemporary society.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"reporting-elections-by-richard-thomas-9781509517510","title":"Reporting Elections","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow elections are reported has important implications for the health of democracy and informed citizenship. But, how informative are the news media during campaigns? What kind of logic do they follow? How well do they serve citizens?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBased on original research as well as the most comprehensive assessment of election studies to date, Cushion and Thomas examine how campaigns are reported in many advanced Western democracies. In doing so, they engage with debates about the mediatization of politics, media systems, information environments, media ownership, regulation, political news, horserace journalism, objectivity, impartiality, agenda-setting, and the relationship between media and democracy more generally.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFocusing on the most recent US and UK election campaigns, they consider how the logic of election coverage could be rethought in ways that better serve the democratic needs of citizens. 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New forms of political participation have emerged as a result, and the political classes have increasingly absorbed the values of celebrity into their own PR strategies. Celebrity activists, endorsers, humanitarians and diplomats also play a part in reconfiguring politics for a more fragmented and image-conscious public arena.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn academic circles, celebrity may be viewed as a ‘manufactured product’; one fabricated by media exposure so that celebrity activists are no more than ‘bards of the powerful.’ Mark Wheeler, however, provides a more nuanced critique contending that both celebrity politicians and politicised stars should be defined by their ‘affective capacity’ to operate within the public sphere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis timely book will be a valuable resource for students of media and communication studies and political science, as well as general readers keen to understand the nature and reach of contemporary celebrity culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47462683148524,"sku":"9780745652498","price":40.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780745652498-celebrity-politics.jpg?v=1775021145"},{"product_id":"intimate-politics-by-james-stanyer-9780745644776","title":"Intimate Politics","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt 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. \u003cem\u003eIntimate Politics\u003c\/em\u003e provides for the first time a systematic comparative analysis of such developments in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK and the US.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIntimate Politics\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47463307706604,"sku":"9780745644776","price":40.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780745644776-intimate-politics.jpg?v=1775030882"},{"product_id":"the-media-in-transitional-democracies-by-katrin-voltmer-9780745644592","title":"The Media in Transitional Democracies","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe last quarter of a century has seen an unprecedented wave of democratization around the globe. 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