| Description |
xxxiv, 347 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: the theory and practice of government communication / Sally Young -- I the political, legal and economic context -- Mapping the Australian PR state / Ian Ward -- Government communications and the law / Graeme Orr -- The public service and government communication : pressures and dilemmas / Brian Head -- Business-government communication : power, influence and mundane relationships / John Warhurst -- The government-media relationship -- Televising parliament: broadcasting, webcasting and public access / Julianne Schultz -- Politicians, journalists and "spin" : tangled relationships and shifting alliances -- Shelly Savage and Rodney Tiffen -- Theories of government communication and trends in the UK / Brian McNair -- Government communication workers : spin doctors, speechwriters and PR practioners -- Perspectives on government PR / Noel Turnbull -- Spin doctors, citizens and democracy / Stephen Stockwell -- Speechwriters and political speech : pitting the good angels against the bleak / Dennis Glover -- Government use of media -- 11.Australian governments and online communication / Peter Chen, Rachel Gibson, Wainer Lusoli and Stephen Ward -- A history of government advertising in Australia / Sally Young -- Government advertising as public communication : cases, issues, and effects / John Sinclair and Stephanie Younane -- The social framework : citizens, NGOs and government -- Innovations in Australian government communication / Sally young -- Lobbying government -- Sarah maddison -- Citizens engaging government -- Katharine gelber -- Conclusion: the present and future of government communication -- Sally Young -- Appendix A: Current Australian governments, state and federal (as at May 2006) 478 -- Index |
| Summary |
Shines a spotlight on the work of government spin doctors, speechwriters and PT consultants but also analyses the social framework of modern communications and how citizens, NGOs and governments communicate in a mediated world. S. Young, Uni of Melbourne |
| Analysis |
Communication |
|
Politics |
|
Mass media |
|
Australia |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 291-335 |
| Audience |
For tertiary students |
| Subject |
Communication -- Political aspects -- Australia.
|
|
Government and the press -- Australia.
|
|
Government publicity -- Australia.
|
|
Government publicity -- Australia -- Textbooks.
|
|
Government and the press -- Australia -- Textbooks.
|
|
Communication in politics -- Australia -- Textbooks.
|
|
Communication in politics -- Australia.
|
| SUBJECT |
Australia -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009597 -- 21st century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012478
|
|
Australia -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009597 -- 21st century http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012478 -- Textbooks.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001753
|
| Genre/Form |
Textbooks.
|
| Author |
Young, Sally Ann.
|
| LC no. |
2006034832 |
| ISBN |
0521681715 paperback |
|
9780521681711 paperback |
|
