Prime Ministers and the Media: Issues of Power and ControlISBN: 978-0-631-18767-7
Paperback
282 pages
October 2003, Wiley-Blackwell
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List of Figures.
List of Maps.
List of Tables.
Preface.
Introduction: Prime Minister, Communication, Power, Control.
1. Public Communication and the Prime Minister’s Tasks.
2. Public Communication as a Prime Ministerial Resource.
3. Public Communication: Turning Authority into Power.
4. The Capital City as News Environment.
5. Harlots Revisited: Media Barons, Politics and Prime Ministers.
6. The Rise of the Downing Street Press Secretary.
7. The Downing Street Press Secretary: Getting into a Spin?.
8. Prime Ministers and Press Conferences.
9. Grapevine Politics: Political Rumours.
10. Drawing Blood? Prime Ministers and Political Cartoons.
Index.