Performing Politics: Media Interviews, Debates and Press Conferences - Couverture souple

Craig, Geoffrey

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0745689620 ISBN 13 : 9780745689623

Editeur : Polity Press, 2016

Synopsis

For successful political leaders, public speaking is only half the battle. A good politician must also be a competent performer. Whether facing critical questions in an interview, posturing in a leaders' debate, or conversing on a daytime chat show, success is reliant upon a candidate's ability to dramatically but authentically impart a strong individual identity.

In this innovative analysis, Geoffrey Craig looks at the interrogative exchanges between politicians and journalists. The power struggles and evasions in these encounters often leave the public exasperated, but it is the politicians' negotiation of these struggles that determines success. Drawing on analyses of the language and performances of leaders such as Barack Obama and David Cameron, Craig examines the particular kinds of interactions that occur across political interviews, debates, conferences, and talk shows. The political games that take place between politicians and journalists, he argues, constitute the true theatre of politics.

Engaging and insightful, Performing Politics will appeal to students and scholars of journalism, politics, linguistics, and media studies, as well as anyone concerned about the quality of contemporary political communication.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Geoffrey Craig is Professor of Communication Studies and Head of Research in the School of Communication Studies at Auckland University of Technology (AUT)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Polity Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0745689620
• ISBN 13: 9780745689623
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 212
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible