[ecrea] new publication: Communication and Political Crisis: Media, Politics and Governance

NEW BOOK BY BRIAN McNAIR

Communication and Political Crisis: Media, Politics and Governance

in a Globalized Public Sphere

By Brian McNair, Professor of Journalism, Media & Communications, 
Queensland University of Technology.

PB | US$ 40.95

£25.00

SFR38.00

€31.5 0

€*33.70

€**34.70 | 978-1-4331-2420-4

HC | US$ 149.95

£92.00

SFR139.00

€115.3 5

€*123.40

€**126.90 | 978-1-4 331-2421-1

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 the 
digitized,

globalized public sphere now confronted by all political actors has 
produced new

opportunities for social progress and democratic reform, as well as new 
channels for state propaganda and terrorist spectaculars such as those 
performed by Islamic State and Al Qaeda. In this major work McNair 
argues that the role of digital communication will be crucial in 
determining the outcome of pressing global issues such as the future of 
feminism and gay rights, freedom of speech and media, and democracy itself.

Suitable as a supplementary text for courses in Political Communication, 
Journalism Studies, Journalism and Conflict, Public Relations, and 
Digital Media.

Part I: Trends and theories

Chapter 1. The new chaotics; Chapter 2. Fifty shades of freedom: The

democratic century; Chapter 3. The globalized public sphere and the 
non-linear dynamics of cultural chaos

Part II: Consequences and cases

Chapter 4. The communication crisis of democratic governance; Chapter 5. 
Communication and the crisis of authoritarian control; Chapter 6. 
Non-State actors, communication and politics; Chapter 7. Beyond chaos?; 
Bibliography



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*Brian McNair*
Professor of Journalism, Media & Communication
Research Leader, Media

Creative Industries Faculty | Queensland University of Technology
Room 410 The Hub, 22 Musk Avenue,Kelvin Grove campus
Kelvin Grove Qld 4059,Australia
Email   (b.mcnair /at/ qut.edu.au)
http://qut.academia.edu/BrianMcNair
http://www.brianmcnair.com


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