Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Introducing theoretical ideas and the latest empirical findings in this fast-developing field of media communication scholarship and study News, Public Relations and Power has contributions from leading international researchers who address issues such as: the rapid growth of public relations and its impact on news production; state information management strategies in times of internal political dissent; political parties and mediated `spin′ conducted at national and local levels; the historically changing nature of war journalism; and tabloid television and forms of cultural representation. The book begins with Simon Cottle′s introduction which sets out the key ideas and approaches in the field.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Part 1 Introduction
• News, Public Relations and Power
• Mapping the Field
• Part 2 Promotional Times: the Growth of Public Relations
• Public Relations and News Sources
• Part 3 Source Fields: Dominant Interests
• 'A Good Day to Bury Bad News'
• Journalists, Sources and the Packaging of Politics
• Journalism under Fire
• The Reporting of War and International Crises
• The Political Contest Model
• Part 4 Source Fields: Challengers
• Non-Governmental Organizations and the Media
• Environmental Activism and News Media
• Part 5 Mediating Representation and Participation
• Tabloid Television and News Culture
• Access and Representation
• Journalism and Deliberative Democracy
• Mediating Communicative Action