Lifting the lid off spin

Cockerell, Michael

doi:10.1177/095647480001100302

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“…Politicians complain about the dumbing-down of news coverage (Sparks 2000;Ross 2002;Franklin 2004) and that news media's trivializing tendencies contribute to public antipathy towards MPs and the political process more generally (Straw 1999;Oborne 2002;Gill et al 2005). For their part, journalists complain that political marketing and spin often make it difficult to get a straight answer from a politician (Cockerill 2000;Paxman 2002) and that their version of politics-lite is what the public actually want. As we will see later, senior political figures often use their media team as a barrier between themselves and journalistic enquiry.…”

Section: Marking the Dance Card: The Political-journalistic Two-stepmentioning

confidence: 99%

Danse Macabre: Politicians, Journalists, and the Complicated Rumba of Relationships

Ross

2010

The International Journal of Press/Politics

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This study aimed to explore the ways politicians characterize and think about the relationships they sustain with journalists, using a case study approach that focuses on the views and attitudes of New Zealand MPs towards members of the Press Gallery and, to a lesser extent, their local and regional news media. Undertaken over a twenty-four-month period, with two fieldwork phases, 62 of 121 MPs were interviewed. The broad findings suggest that MPs are relatively sanguine about their media relationships, recognizing their symbiotic nature, but clear differences emerged in terms of the complexity and friendliness of these relationships. Those differences can be accounted for primarily by way of personal style and preferences, on one hand, and party status and position, on the other: factors such as gender (either of the politician or the journalist) were not significant as determinants of difference, although women were more likely to characterize their relationships as “friendly” compared with men, who tended to use more neutral language such as “collegial.”

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Section: Marking the Dance Card: The Political-journalistic Two-stepmentioning

confidence: 99%

Danse Macabre: Politicians, Journalists, and the Complicated Rumba of Relationships

Ross

2010

The International Journal of Press/Politics

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“…Contemporary UK political communications are being studied. Cockerell (2000aCockerell ( , 2000bCockerell ( , 2001; Dermody and Scullion (2001);Franklin (1994Franklin ( , 1997Franklin ( , 1998; Gaber (2000); Jones (1995Jones ( , 1997; Lees-Marshment (2001); Lock and Harris (1996); Moloney (2000); Moloney and Colmer (2001); Norris et al (1999); Oborne (1999), and Scammell (1995Scammell ( , 2000aScammell ( , 2000bScammell ( , 2001 In particular, the work of Cockerell, Franklin, Gaber, Lees-Marshment and Scammell set the scene for our thinking in various ways: Cockerell for getting inside government communications units; Franklin as regards the impact on the media of modern political communications; Gaber on news management, and Lees-Marshment and Scammell on political marketing. In particular, attitudes of the political class have been a major focus of Scammell's work.…”

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Mapping the production of political communications: a model to assist in understanding the relationships between the production and consumption of political messages

Moloney

Richards

Scullion

et al. 2003

Journal of Public Affairs

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High public interest today in political communications such as ‘spin’ and in political participation such as electoral turnout suggests that there may be value in exploring the processes by which political messages are produced and consumed, and their inter‐relationship with participation. It may be that what citizen‐voters think of message production influences how they consume political news and publicity (through observing and evaluating), and that the propensity to political participation is subsequently affected. This paper offers a model which traces the production of political communications, starting at their origins in the political class, and flowing via traditional political journalism or controlled media and new media to citizen‐voters who both observe and evaluate them (ie consume them) before, during and after making any political choices. It is hypothesised that the observation and evaluation of message production and content by political consumers influences both their types and levels of participation. Research of this nature into political organisations is relatively rare. Similarly, there is little evidence of investigations into other aspects highlighted in the model: attitudes of the political class towards political communications, the production of political communications before they reach the media and how they are received by the media, and their consumption by citizen‐voters in relation to the propensity to participate in politics. Copyright © 2003 Henry Stewart Publications

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“…research stream that provides a distinct perspective is that of political marketing, which is rooted in Kotler and Levy's (1969) concept of broadening, expanding marketing ideas and paradigms to nonprofit organizations, such as political institutions and campaign organizations. Various authors have applied marketing theory and instruments to the analysis of political institutions, actors, and exchange processes (e.g., Shama, 1976;Harrop, 1990;Perloff and Kinsey, 1992;Franklin, 1994Franklin, , 1997Franklin, , 1998Jones, 1995Jones, , 1997Scammell, 1995Scammell, , 1999Lock and Harris, 1996;Cockerell, 2000Cockerell, , 2001Gaber, 2000;Moloney, 2000;Dermody and Scullion 2001;Lees-Marshment, 2001;Moloney and Colmer, 2001;Schneider, 2004;Lilleker and Lees-Marshment, 2005;Henneberg, 2008;Sherman et al, 2008;Dean, 2009). Yet government communication research still remains largely limited to three general categories.…”

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Mapping the consumption of government communication: a qualitative study in Germany

Heinze¹,

Schneider

Ferié

2013

Journal of Public Affairs

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Successful communication between citizens and government is critical for the effective implementation of governance. Although government communication is highly relevant to society, few governments fully exploit the potential benefits of the direct communication instruments at their disposal. To establish foundations for encouraging various forms of government communication, this article starts by examining its reception among German focus groups and thus offering general implications for successful, citizen‐sensitive government communication. The results suggest the need for better articulation of interests in government communication, such that they appear more egalitarian, closer to the citizen, and online—that is, successful government communication demands considerable proximity to citizens, interactive feedback channels, and systematic participation by citizens in political processes. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Lifting the lid off spin

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Danse Macabre: Politicians, Journalists, and the Complicated Rumba of Relationships

Danse Macabre: Politicians, Journalists, and the Complicated Rumba of Relationships

Mapping the production of political communications: a model to assist in understanding the relationships between the production and consumption of political messages

Mapping the consumption of government communication: a qualitative study in Germany

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