Communicating Politics in the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover)

List of Figures and Tables.- Introduction.- PART I: ISSUES, CONCEPTS, DEBATES.- Introducing the Field of Political Communication.- Media Democracies.- Symbolic Politics: 'All the World's a Stage'.- Political Marketing: The Death of Conviction?.- PART II: THE COMMUNICATORS.- Communicating Government.- Communication in Opposition, Protest and Violence.- The Political Persuasion Industry: Lobbyists, Pressure Groups and Think Tanks.- Global Political Communication. -PART III: GETTING THE MESSAGE.- The People: Opinion, Polls and Participation.- Political campaigns.- Campaign effects: Is Anyone Ever Persuaded?.- Political News and Comment.- Creating the Conditions for Conversation: Ethics and Political Communication.- References.- Index.