Communication and Political Crisis: Media, Politics and Governance in a Globalized Public Sphere

Communication and Political Crisis: Media, Politics and Governance in a Globalized Public Sphere

by Brian McNair
Communication and Political Crisis: Media, Politics and Governance in a Globalized Public Sphere

Communication and Political Crisis: Media, Politics and Governance in a Globalized Public Sphere

by Brian McNair

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Overview

In this major work, McNair argues that the role of digital communication will be crucial in determining the outcome of pressing global issues such as the future of feminism and gay rights, freedom of speech and media, and democracy itself.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781433124204
Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Publication date: 05/17/2016
Series: Global Crises and the Media , #16
Pages: 187
Product dimensions: 5.91(w) x 8.86(h) x (d)

About the Author

Brian McNair (PhD, University of Glasgow) is Professor of Journalism, Media and Communication at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. He is the author of twelve previous books, including Journalism and Democracy (2000) and An Introduction to Political Communication (5th edition, 2011). His books have been translated into fourteen languages, including Russian, Spanish, Korean, Japanese, and Chinese.

Table of Contents

Contents: Trends and theories – The new chaotics – Fifty shades of freedom: The democratic century – The globalized public sphere and the non-linear dynamics of cultural chaos – Consequences and cases – The communication crisis of democratic governance – Communication and the crisis of authoritarian control – Non-State actors, communication and politics – Beyond chaos?
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