[ecrea] new Sixth Edition of An Introduction To Political Communication

Announcing the publication of the Sixth Edition of An Introduction To 
Political Communication.

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 the European Union, the rise of nationalist populism in 
Europe, and the victory of Donald Trump in the 2016 US presidential 
election. He explores the use of communication as a weapon by Islamic 
State and other insurgent organisations, and by Putin’s Russia in its 
dealings with the West, including the hacking of Democratic Party emails 
in 2016. McNair argues that an expanding globalised public sphere and 
digital media network have transformed political communication, allowing 
political actors, from politicians and pressure groups to trade unions 
and terrorist organisations, to bypass traditional, established media in 
communicating their messages.

This sixth edition of McNair’s classic text has been comprehensively 
revised and updated to include:

  * the 2016 US presidential election and Donald Trump’s rise to power;

  * the UK’s EU referendum of 2016, the Scottish independence referendum
    of 2014 and the ‘snap’ UK general election of June 2017;

  * the growing role in political communication of the internet and
    social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, and
    their destabilising impact on the management of political crises all
    over the world including the shooting down of Malaysian Airlines
    MH17 and the disappearance of MH370, the Tianjin disaster in China
    and the Russian intervention in Ukraine;

  * Islamic State’s global jihad, and the use of social media as an
    instrument of terror;
  * the growing capacity of WikiLeaks and other online sources, such as
    the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, to
    challenge elite control of information.

Full publication details available at


https://www.routledge.com/An-Introduction-to-Political-Communication-6th-Edition/McNair/p/book/9780415739429



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