Public opinion, campaign politics & media audiences : new Australian perspectives / Bridget Griffen-Foley, Sean Scalmer, editors.

This timely book investigates the fascinating landscape of media-driven politics through the prisms of 'public opinion', political campaigning, and audiences. From Indigenous voting rights and climate change to talkback radio and right-wing populism, Public Opinion, Campaign Politics &...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Griffen-Foley, Bridget (Editor), Scalmer, Sean (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Publishing, 2017.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I Public Opinion; 1 Class, Attitudes and the Climate Crisis; 2 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Opinion of the Franchise, 1961; 3 Are the PUPs Pauline's Progeny? Populism and Political Alienation among Australian Voters; Part II Political Campaigning and Oratory; 4 Alfred Deakin, Political Oratory and Public Opinion; 5 Inventing the Electioneering Tour in Britain, Australia and the United States; 6 The 'Fireside Chat' on Australian Radio; Part III Spectators and Audiences.
  • 7 The Presentation of Political Spectatorship through Talkback Radio8 News Consumption, Political Knowledge and Political Efficacy; Biographical notes on the contributors; Index.