TY - BOOK ID - 4885371 TI - Communication and political crisis : media, politics and governance in a globalized public sphere PY - 2016 VL - 16 SN - 9781433124204 9781433124211 9781453918036 9781454197508 1433124203 1453918035 1433124211 PB - New York, N.Y.: Lang, DB - UniCat KW - Mass media KW - Communication in politics. KW - Mass media and globalization. KW - Médias KW - Communication politique KW - Médias et mondialisation KW - Political aspects. KW - Aspect politique KW - Communication in politics KW - Mass media and globalization KW - Political aspects KW - Médias et politique KW - Communication en politique KW - Relations internationales KW - Médias KW - Médias et mondialisation KW - Médias et politique. KW - Communication en politique. KW - Relations internationales. KW - Mass media - Political aspects KW - Médias et politique. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4885371 AB - Communication and Political Crisis explores the role of the global media in a period of intensifying geopolitical conflict. Through case studies drawn from domestic and international political crises such as the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, leading media scholar Brian McNair argues that the digitized, globalized public sphere now confronted by all political actors has produced new opportunities for social progress and democratic reform, as well as new channels for state propaganda and terrorist spectaculars such as those performed by the Islamic State and Al Qaeda. In this major work, McNair argues that the role of digital communication will be crucial in determining the outcome of pressing global issues such as the future of feminism and gay rights, freedom of speech and media, and democracy itself. ER -