Westminster Tales: The Twenty-First-Century Crisis in Political Journalism

by Steve Barnett and Ivor Gaber

Book Overview

Politics today is inextricably bound to the media, indeed it is now a routine assumption that the media can determine election outcomes. Consequently, over the last twenty years, the conduct of politics has become increasingly driven by what might "play well" on television or in the press. Election campaigning, budgets, party platforms, and even the contents of legislative bills are dominated by media considerations.Westminster Tales explores how...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826450202
• ISBN13: 9780826450203
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.6" x 8.8"