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Performing Politics: Media Interviews, Debates and Press Conferences (PCPC - Polity Contemporary Political Communication Series)
Geoffrey Craig
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Description for Performing Politics: Media Interviews, Debates and Press Conferences (PCPC - Polity Contemporary Political Communication Series)
Paperback. For successful political leaders, public speaking is only half the battle. A good politician must also be a competent performer. Series: PCPC - Polity Contemporary Political Communication Series. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Polity
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
PCPC - Polity Contemporary Political Communication Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
212
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745689623
SKU
V9780745689623
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About Geoffrey Craig
Geoffrey Craig is Professor of Communication Studies and Head of Research in the School of Communication Studies at Auckland University of Technology (AUT)
Reviews for Performing Politics: Media Interviews, Debates and Press Conferences (PCPC - Polity Contemporary Political Communication Series)
How politicians perform seems to matter as much as what they claim to believe in. Crucial to the success of politicians' performances is media representation. Geoffrey Craig's analysis of this process of making political subjectivities visible is both highly perceptive and rigorously systematic. This book makes an important contribution to the growing literature on the cultural sociology of political performance. ... Read more