The 2015 UK General Election and the 2016 EU Referendum: Towards a Democracy of the Spectacle

by Ian Lamond and Chelsea Reid

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319854798
• ISBN13: 9783319854793
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.8" x 8.3"