John B. Thompson 
Political Scandal [EPUB ebook] 
Power and Visability in the Media Age

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Political scandals have become a pervasive feature of many
societies today. From Profumo to the cash-for-questions scandal,
from Watergate to the Clinton-Lewinsky affair, scandals have come
to play a central role in politics and in the shaping of public
debate. What are the characteristics of political scandals and why
have they come to assume such prominence today? What are the social
and political consequences of the preoccupation with political
scandal in the public dom...

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Table of Content

List of Illustrations.
Preface.
Acknowledgements.
Introduction.
1. What is Scandal?.
2. The Rise of Mediated Scandal.
3. Scandal as a Mediated Event.
4. The ...

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About the author

John B. Thompson is Reader in Sociology at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 336 ● ISBN 9780745657059 ● File size 4.2 MB ● Publisher John Wiley & Sons ● Published 2013 ● Edition 1 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 2706767 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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