TY - BOOK ID - 17338125 TI - The 2015 UK general election and the 2016 EU referendum : towards a democracy of the spectacle AU - Lamond, Ian R. AU - Reid, Chelsea. PY - 2017 SN - 3319547798 9783319547794 3319547801 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - Political participation KW - Referendum KW - History KW - Great Britain. KW - Elections, 2015 KW - Great Britain KW - Great Britian KW - European Union countries KW - Politics and government KW - Foreign relations KW - Democracy KW - Political communication. KW - Elections. KW - Great Britain-Politics and gover. KW - Journalism. KW - Political sociology. KW - Political Communication. KW - Electoral Politics. KW - British Politics. KW - Political Sociology. KW - Mass political behavior KW - Political behavior KW - Political science KW - Sociology KW - Writing (Authorship) KW - Literature KW - Publicity KW - Fake news KW - Electoral politics KW - Franchise KW - Polls KW - Politics, Practical KW - Plebiscite KW - Political campaigns KW - Representative government and representation KW - Political communication KW - Sociological aspects KW - Great Britain—Politics and government. KW - Political participation - Great Britain - History - 21st century KW - Referendum - Great Britain - History - 21st century KW - Great Britain - Politics and government - 2007 KW - -Great Britian - Foreign relations - European Union countries KW - European Union countries - Foreign relations - Great Britian UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:17338125 AB - This book brings together the established field of political communication and the emerging field of critical event studies to develop new questions and approaches. Using this combined framework, it reflects upon how we should understand the expression of democratic participation in mainstream mass media during the 2015 UK General Election and the 2016 referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU. Are we now living in an era where democratic participation is much more concerned with spectacle rather than substantive debate? The book addresses this conceptual journey and reflects on differing models of democratic participation, before applying that framework to the two identified case studies. Finally, the authors consider what it means to be living in a period of democratic spectacle, where political events have become evental politics. The book will be of use to students and scholars across the fields of political science and culture and media studies, as well as wide readers interested in the current issues facing British politics. . ER -