Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface and acknowledgements; Preface to the third edition; Politics in the age of mediation; Politics in the age of mediation; Politics, democracy and the media; The effects of political communication; The political media; The media as political actors; Communicating politics; Party political communication I: advertising; Party political communication II: political public relations; Pressure-group politics and the oxygen of publicity; International political communication; Conclusion: performance politics and the democratic process; Notes.
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This textbook explores the relationship between politics, the media and democracy in the UK, the USA and other contemporary societies, examining how groups including politicians and terrorists make use of the media.