Political Scandal: Power and Visibility in the Media Age

by John Brookshire Thompson

Book Overview

In this new book Thompson develops a systematic and wide-ranging analysis of the phenomenon of political scandal. He shows that the rise of political scandal is linked to the changes brought about by the development of communication media, which have transformed the nature of visibility and altered the relations between public and private life.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745625495
• ISBN13: 9780745625492
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"