{"product_id":"news-media-influence-on-rail-infrastructure-policy-9781501387456","title":"News Media Influence on Rail Infrastructure Policy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this book, Richardson's research spans a decade and two cities - Sydney, Australia and Montreal, Canada - focusing on three metro-style rail infrastructure case study projects: one ongoing, one failed and one upgraded after reaching fifty years of age  to build an irrefutable case that the news media is highly influential to policy, and that these influences are complex, messy and changing.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNews Media Influence on Rail Infrastructure Policy\u003c\/i\u003e offers scholars and industry practitioners in the arenas of policy analysis, politics and media communications a method for astutely guiding large-scale projects through the complex and changing landscape of 24\/7 news media. It is underpinned by empirical research that identifies and endeavors to close a considerable gap in current understanding and practice. This gap represents a failure to recognise and respect mediatization  the many powerful influences impacting a policy arena that has drawn the ire of the news media.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing Plc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53187876356439,"sku":"9781501387456","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/news-media-influence-on-rail-infrastructure-policy-9781501387456","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}