Brian Mcnair: 12 books
by Brian McNair
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
At a time of radical shifts in power across the globe, the sixth edition of An Introduction to Political Communication examines the role of the media in the political process. Brian McNair reflects on the role of communication in key events such as the referendum vote for the UK’s withdrawal from...
Porno? Chic!
how pornography changed the world and made it a better place
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
Porno? Chic! examines the relationship between the proliferation of pornography and sexualised culture in the West and social and cultural trends which have advanced the rights of women and homosexuals.
Brian McNair addresses this relationship with an analysis of trends in sexualised culture...
by Brian McNair, Brian McNair
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2009
News and Journalism in the UK is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the political, economic and regulatory environments of press and broadcast journalism in Britain and Northern Ireland.
Surveying the industry in a period of radical economic and technological change, Brian McNair...
Journalism and Democracy
An Evaluation of the Political Public Sphere
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
The public sphere is said to be in crisis. Dumbing down, tabloidisation, infotainment and spin are alleged to contaminate it, adversely affecting the quality of political journalism and of democracy itself. There is a pervasive pessimism about the relationship between the media and democracy, and...
Communication and Political Crisis
Media, Politics and Governance in a Globalized Public Sphere
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
Communication and Political Crisis explores the role of the global media in a period of intensifying geopolitical conflict. Through case studies drawn from domestic and international political crises such as the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, leading media scholar Brian McNair argues that...
by Brian McNair
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
An Introduction to Political Communication explores the relationship between politics, the media and democracy in the UK, the USA and other contemporary societies. Brian McNair examines how politicians, trade unions, pressure groups, non-governmental organizations and terrorist organizations make...
Striptease Culture
Sex, Media and the Democratisation of Desire
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2002
From advertising to health education campaigns, sex and sexual imagery now permeate every aspect of culture. Striptease Culture explores the 'sexualization' of contemporary life, relating it to wider changes in post-war society.
Striptease Culture is divided in to three sections:
* Part...
Cultural Chaos
Journalism and Power in a Globalised World
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2006
With examples drawn from media coverage of the War on Terror, the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Hurricane Katrina and the London underground bombings, Cultural Chaos explores the changing relationship between journalism and power in an increasingly globalised news culture.
In this new text, Brian...
by Brian McNair
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2006
The reforms of Mikhail Gorbachev have brought tumultuous change to political, social and economic life in the Soviet Union. But how have these changes affected Soviet press and television reporting? Glasnost, Perestroika and the Soviet Media examines the changing role of Soviet journalism from its...
Fake News
Falsehood, Fabrication and Fantasy in Journalism
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2017
Fake News: Falsehood, fabrication and fantasy in journalism examines the causes and consequences of the ‘fake news’ phenomenon now sweeping the world’s media and political debates. Drawing on three decades of research and writing on journalism and news media, the author engages with the fake...
Politics, Media and Democracy in Australia
Public and Producer Perceptions of the Political Public Sphere
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2017
In Australia, as in many comparable democracies, the role of the media in the political process is high on the public agenda. There is a perception of widespread disillusionment with and disengagement from politics amongst voters, and criticism of the media for failing to fulfil their democratic responsibilities...
Transforming the Quality of Life for People with Dementia through Contact with the Natural World
Fresh Air on My Face
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
This important book simply but persuasively demonstrates why we should provide the opportunities for people with dementia to experience the great outdoors. It also gives a voice to people with dementia who have felt the benefit of getting closer to nature. The contributors explore many different ways...