[Commlist] New Book on Political Communication published

*Political Communication: A New Introduction for Crisis Times by Aeron 
Davis (Polity)*

We are living in a period of great uncertainty. Votes for Brexit and 
Trump, along with widespread political volatility, are not only causing 
turmoil; they are signs that many long-predicted tipping points in media 
and politics have been reached. Such changes have worrying implications 
for democracies everywhere. In this text, Aeron Davis bridges old and 
new to map the shifts and analyse what they mean for our aging 
democracies. Why are volatile, polarised electorates no longer prepared 
to support established political parties? Why are large parts of the 
legacy media either dying or dismissed as ‘fake news’? How is social 
media rapidly rewriting the rules? And why do some democratic leaders 
look more like dictators, and pollsters and economists more like 
witchdoctors? These questions and more are addressed in the book. 
Political Communication: A New Introduction for Crisis Times both 
introduces and challenges the established literature. It will appeal to 
advanced students, scholars and anyone else trying to understand the 
precarious state of today's media and political landscape.

*Chapter Outline:* *Part 1: Introductory Frameworks*;1 Introduction; 2 
Evaluating Democratic Politics and Communication; 3 Political 
Communication and Crisis in Established Democracies; *Part 2: 
Institutional Politics and Mass Media; *4 Political Parties and 
Elections; 5 Political Reporting and the Future of (Fake) News; 6 
Media-Source Relations, Mediatization and Populist Politics; *Part 3: 
Interest Groups and Citizens; *7 Citizens, Media Effects and Public 
Participation; 8 Organised Interests, Power and the Policy Process; 
*Part 4: Challenges and Disruptions to Democracy; *9 Economics, the 
Economy and Media; 10 Digital Media and Online Political Communication; 
11 Globalisation, the State and International Political Communication; 
12 Conclusions: Post-Truth, Post-Public Sphere and Post-Democracy.

“Liberal democracy is in the midst of a crisis in which media of all 
kinds are implicated in complex and multiple ways. Aeron Davis's book 
helps us understand why. This is essential reading for students of 
political communication.” *Andrew Chadwick*

“This remarkable book brings political communication up to date by 
tracing the field from early models of press systems and the public 
sphere to the present era of democratic disruption. The comparative 
perspective is refreshing and well done. The insightful political 
analyses make core concepts come alive and point to new frameworks for 
understanding digital media and the disinformation age. Davis has 
written a classic.” *Lance Bennett*


http://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509528998

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Political-Communication-Introduction-Crisis-Times/dp/1509529004/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8


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