Böcker av Aeron Davis

A timely and provocative exploration of contemporary political communication from a world-leading author team. In an age of "fake news" and Youtube algorithms it can be tempting to see politics as all mediation, but this book refocuses on the broader contexts or neoliberalism, elites, populism, activism and so on. There's more to Trump than Twitter.

Aeron Davis looks at the growing crisis of leadership in Britain today. He argues that increasingly self-interested elites are not only damaging society they are destroying the basis of Establishment rule itself. The book, based on over 350 elite interviews, asks: how did we end up producing the leaders that got us here and what can we do about it? -- .

In the twenty-first century, promotion is everywhere and everything has become promotable: everyday goods and organizations, people and ideas, cultures and futures. This engaging book looks at the rise of advertising, public relations, branding, marketing and lobbying, and explores where our promotional times have taken us.

Investigates how those in positions of power use and are influenced by media in their everyday activities. This book presents discussions which are illustrated with original research material from a range of communication environments and case study examples.

Suitable for students and scholars of political communication and mass media in democracies, this book challenges the traditional scholarship on various issues such as: comparative political and media systems; theories of democracy, representation and the public sphere; and, political party communication, marketing and elections.

Aeron Davis is the first to offer a general overview of therise and impact of professional public relations in Britain, stepping beyondthe status quo of 'spin doctors' and elections by also exploring the publicrelations activities of the corporate sector, the City, pressure groups, andthe trade union movement. -- .