Description
Book SynopsisSpin doctor, soundbite, press secretary, digital, global village, cool Britannia. Politics today is saturated with the jargon and buzzwords of the mass media.
How important are they for the way we are governed? How can the ever-expanding impact of the media be controlled? In this up-to-the-minute book, a group of Britain''s best-known journalists and media analysts tackle one of the most testing issues facing the nation in the next century. Each essay focuses on the central role of newspapers, broadcasting and information technology in our political life.
Peter Riddell shows how the demands of the press and broadcasting have drained Parliament of much of its democratic purpose. Tony Wright gives a fascinating insider''s account of the politician-journalist nexus. Andrew Graham points to the monopolistic pressures of the new technology. Colin Seymour-Ure discusses the effects of the end of the party-political allegiances of newspapers. Philip Schlesinger considers the impact o
Table of Contents
Introduction: Jean Seaton.
1. Members and Millbank: The Media and Parliament: Peter Riddle.
2. Inside the Whale: The Media from Parliament: Tony Wright MP.
3. Broadcasting Policy and the Digital Revolution: Andrew Graham.
4. Themes and Threnodies in Contemporary Satire: Martin Rowson.
5. Are the Broadsheets Becoming Unhinged?: Colin Seymour-Ure.
6. Scottish Devolution and the Media: Phillip Schlesinger.
7. Dumbing Down or Reaching Out: Is It Tabloidisation wot done It?: Steve Barnett.
8. Monarchy and the Message: Ben Pimlott.
9. Judging the Media: Political Impartiality and Broadcasting: Eric Barendt.
10. A Fresh Look at Freedom of Speech: Jean Seaton.
