Product Description: The influence of political programs on politics itself is discussed in this compelling examination of the dynamic between the media and the democratic process. The research in this study assesses the impact of broadcasted political debates on formal forms of political participation, such as elections, and considers the value of political programming on the democratic process as a whole...read more

International Media Research offers a rigorous and critical review of key approaches and concerns that have recently defined the field of media research. In this clearly argued collection of essays, the contributors analyze and reflect upon dominant themes and debates that have made media research an increasingly important element of cultural theory. The volume begins with a critical evaluation of the work of the leading media scholar, Elihu Katz, and continues with an exploration of the relationship between media studies and adjacent disciplines: cultural studies and gender and sexuality.Contributors drawn from Britain, America, Canada and Belgium consider the relationships between media research and media policy in different national and international contexts. Focusing on the European Union, East-Central Europe, North America and Latin America, chapters assess the impact of social, economic and political circumstances on policy debates and the shaping of the research agenda. The final chapter adopts a transatlantic perspective in tracing and analysing the history of the media's role in reporting war.

Product Description: Scottish devolution brought high hopes for an open political culture. But how far have these been fulfilled? Open Scotland? argues that in the field of political communication the old, established ways of the British state still remain firmly in place...read more

Product Description: Every day we watch, read, and hear stories about crime and justice. This path-breaking book reveals how policy makers, criminal justice professionals, pressure groups, and the police compete in self-promoting struggles to shape their own images and the policy agenda...read more

Product Description: Book by Dobash, Russell P., Weaver, C., Scheslinger, Phillip (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This broad-ranging book presents an introduction to the issues and debates which are currently central to media studies, drawn from major articles published in the journal Media, Culture & Society in the period 1985 - 1991. The first part outlines and surveys some key theoretical developments in media studies such as the increased use of feminist and cultural studies approaches to the media and the development of the postmodernism debate...read more

Product Description: In this incisive text on media and collective identity, Philip Schlesinger develops our understanding of the contemporary struggles over political discourse. Three key themes are presented. Firstly the concepts of `violence' and `terrorism' are shown to be fundamentally rooted in the competing communicative strategies of the state and of its opponents...read more

Looks at how terrorism is portrayed in the British media, both news and fictional television programs, and discusses whether this coverage supports the government or gives undue influence to terrorist organizations