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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826550003321

Titolo

Public opinion, campaign politics and media audiences : new Australian perspectives / / edited by Bridget Griffrn-Foley and Sean Sclamer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carlton, Victoria : , : Melbourne University Publising Limited, , 2017

ISBN

0-522-86961-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vi, 256 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

079.94

Soggetti

Press and politics

Mass media and public opinion

Elections - Press coverage

Political campaigns - Press coverage

Public opinion polls

Torres Strait Islanders - Civil rights

Aboriginal Australians - Civil rights

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part 1: Public opinion -- 1. Class attitudes and the climate crisis / David Peetz and Georgina Murray -- 2. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander opinion of the franchise, 1961 / Tim Rowse and Elizabeth Watt -- 3. Are the PUPs Pauline's Progeny? Populism and political alienation among Australian voters / Ian Watson -- Part II: Political campaigning and oratory -- 4. Alfred Deakin, political oratory and public opinion / Judith Brett -- 5. Inventing the electioneering tour in Britain, Australia and the United States / Sean Scalmer -- 6. The 'fireside chat' on Australian radio / Bridget Griffen-Foley -- Part III: Spectators and audiences -- 7. The presentation of political spectatorship through talkback radio / Sandey Fitzgerald -- 8. News, consumption, political knowledge and political efficacy / Rod Tiffen, David Rowe, Sharon Coen and James Curran.

Sommario/riassunto

This timely book investigates the fascinating landscape of media-driven politics through the prisms of 'public opinion', political campaigning, and audiences. From Indigenous voting rights and climate change to talkback radio and right-wing populism, Public



Opinion, Campaign Politics & Media Audiences showcases new research in political science, history and media studies. Contributors scrutinise the relationship between polls, party policy and voting behaviour, and evaluate the roles of oratory and the media in electioneering and political communication across Australia, Britain and the United States.The eight chapters are based on papers delivered at a symposium to honour Murray Goot FASSA, Emeritus Professor of Politics and International Relations, on his retirement from Macquarie University.