Political Communication

Steven Foster

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April, 2010
Paper, 172 pages, 0
ISBN: 978-0-7486-2571-0
Edinburgh University Press
$25.00

This guides introduces political communication in the United Kingdom and the Unites States, handling the relationship between the media and political parties, especially the effect the media has had on the policies and internal power structures of parties and other organizations; media influence on the electorate; the conduct of democratic politics; and the constitutional significance of media politics. The volume opens with a detailed analysis of political communication today and its impact on parties, pressure groups, and government. It then places media politics within a constitutional context, addressing open government and freedom of expression, freedom of information, privacy, human rights, and the manipulatation of the media by government.

Related Subjects

• American Politics
• European and UK Politics
• Media Studies

Series

• Politics Study Guides (Edinburgh University Press)

About the Author

The three authors have each conducted extensive research on this dialect of English. Jennifer Hay is an Associate Professor in Linguistics, Margaret Maclagan is an Associate Professor in Communication Disorders, and Elizabeth Gordon is a retired Associate Professor in Linguistics, all at the University of Canterbury.Steven Foster is a member of the Department of Politics at the Manchester Grammar School.

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