The crisis of public communication / / Jay G. Blumler and Michael Gurevitch

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910779807703321
• Autore: Blumler Jay G.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1995
• ISBN: 1-134-83954-5; 1-134-83955-3; 1-280-32623-9; 0-203-18177-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (vi, 237p.)
• Collana: Communication and society
• Altri autori (Persone): GurevitchMichael
• Disciplina: 302.23/0941
• Soggetti: Mass media - Political aspects; Television in politics - Great Britain; Press and politics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-234) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: chapter 1 The crisis of civic communication -- part Part I Structure -- chapter 2 Linkages between the mass media and politics -- chapter 3 Politicians and the press -- An essay on role relationships -- chapter 4 The orientations of journalists to social and political institutions -- chapter 5 Towards a comparative framework for political communication research -- chapter 6 Comparative research -- The extending frontier -- chapter 7 The formation of campaign agendas in the United States and / Britain -- chapter 8 Political communication systems and democratic values -- part Part II Development -- chapter 9 Producers attitudes towards television coverage of an election campaign (UK election 1966) -- chapter 10 The construction of election news at the BBC (1979) -- chapter 11 Setting the television news agenda (1983) -- chapter 12 The earnest versus the determined: election news-making at the BBC (1987) -- Election news-making at the BBC (1987)1 -- chapter 13 Struggles for meaningful election communication (1992) -- chapter 14 Longitudinal analysis of an election communication system -- Newsroom observation at the BBC, 1966-92 -- chapter 15 The crisis of communication for citizenship -- ; In and out of the ashes?.
• Sommario/riassunto: In a comprehensive analysis of political communication, the authors here trace the origins and development of the so-called 'crisis of communication for citizenship' which has arisen over the past 25 years.