Politics & the Media

This book provides an international perspective on civic and audience empowerment, focusing on how the media can empower or dis-empower citizens. With theoretical and empirical chapters it offers a reappraisal of the theories, methods and issues that inform our understanding of citizens and audience..

This book provides an international perspective on civic and audience empowerment, focusing on how the media can empower or dis-empower citizens. With theoretical and empirical chapters it offers a reappraisal of the theories, methods and issues that inform our understanding of citizens and audience..

The news media have significant influence on the formation of public opinion. Called the agenda setting role of the media, this influence occurs at three levels. Focusing public attention on a select few issues or other topics at any moment is level one. Emphasizing specific attributes of those issu..

The Presidency and Social Media includes top scholars from leading research institutions using various research methodologies to generate new understandings—both theoretical and practical—for students, researchers, journalists, and practitioners...

The Presidency and Social Media includes top scholars from leading research institutions using various research methodologies to generate new understandings—both theoretical and practical—for students, researchers, journalists, and practitioners...

This book explores the basics of the defamation law as it applies to private-sphere defamation and looks at the peculiar permutations created by the use of public-sphere defamation laws in Thailand, particularly in terms of creating and protecting a nationalist identity...

_x005F_x000D_ This brief and accessible book discusses media in the context of U.S elections. Written in a concise and accessible style while including recent scholarly research, the book will appeal to students with its combination of academic rigor and readability. U.S. Media and Elections in Flux..

This book integrates and bridges four distinct topics: young people, citizenship, new media, and learning processes...