An introduction to political communication /
Brian McNair.
- 4th ed.
- London : Routledge, 2007.
- xvii, 222 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Communication and society. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-217) and index.
I. Politics in the age of mediation: 1. Politics in the age of mediation - 2. Politics, democracy and the media - 3. The effects of political communication - 4. The political media - 5. The media as political actors -- II. Communicating politics: 6. Party political communication I: advertising - 7. Party political communication II: political public relations - 8. Pressure-group politics and the oxygen of publicity - 9. International political communication - 10. Conclusion: performance politics and the democratic process.