Course Description 
This paper provides an introduction to political communication and the ‘mediated’ aspects of politics and democracy. It introduces class members to some of the major ideas and academic insights relating to the role of words and images in public political life. Topics covered include media history, the role of news media in a democracy, the ‘new media’ revolution, political economy of media, national and global dimensions, media freedom and regulation, journalism and news bias, political marketing and ‘spin’, the analysis of media discourse, and the role and response of audiences. The course is particularly relevant to students interested in further study in politics and media and considering careers related to television and newspaper journalism, public relations, opinion polling, campaign management, political advertising, and political consulting. But it is also relevant to anyone who is a member of the New Zealand public and who watches, listens to, or reads the media – which is everyone.
Recommended Reading
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Course Textbook
General
- Allan, Stuart, and ebrary Inc. "News Culture." Maidenhead ; New York: McGraw-Hill/Open University Press, 2010.
- Blumler, Jay G., and Michael Gurevitch. The Crisis of Public Communication. Available as an e-book via the Library database Ebrary.
- Curran, James. Media and Democracy. Oxford ; New York: Routledge, 2011.
- Curran, James. Media and Society. 5th ed. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2010.
- Curran, James, and Myung-Jin Park, eds. De-Westernizing Media Studies. London: Routledge, 2000. Also available as an e-book via the Library database Ebsco.
- Curran, James, and Michael Gurevitch, eds. Mass Media and Society. 3rd ed. London: Arnold, 2000.
- Curran, James. Media and Power. London: Routledge, 2002.
- Downing, John, ed. Questioning the Media: A Critical Introduction. London: Sage, 1995.
- Gans, Herbert J. Democracy and the News. New York: Oxford UP, 2003.
- Graber, Doris A. Media Power in Politics. 5th ed. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2007.
- Inglis, Fred. Media Theory. Oxford: B. Blackwell, 1990.
- Louw, P. Eric. The Media and Political Process. London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif.: SAGE, 2005.
- McNair, Brian. An Introduction to Political Communication. 2nd ed. London: Routledge, 1999.
- Miller, Toby, ed. Television: Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies. London: Routledge, 2003.
- Scammell, Margaret, and Holli Semetko, eds. The Media, Journalism and Democracy. Aldershot: Ashgate, c2000.
- Schudson, Michael. The Sociology of News. New York: Norton, 2003.
- Street, John. Mass Media, Politics, and Democracy. 2nd ed. Houndmills: Palgrave, 2011. Also available as an e-book (2001 edition) via the Library database Ebsco.
- Washbourne, Neil, and ebrary Inc. "Mediating Politics Newspapers, Radio, Television and the Internet." Maidenhead ; New York: Open University Press, 2010.
- Wolfsfeld, Gadi. Making Sense of Media and Politics : Five Principles in Political Communication. New York: Routledge, 2011.
Topics
- New Zealand's Media, Past and Present
- Historical Overviews
- Orality Literacy and Democracy
- The Printing Revolution/Impact of Communication Technologies
- Public Sphere, Public Opinion and the Fourth Estate: Past and Present
- Mass Media, Television, Tabloidisation
- Political Economy and Globalisation
- Analysing the Media/Audiences and Media Effects
- Making the News: Journalism, News Values and Processes
- Managing the News: PR and 'Spin'
- Election Campaigns and Coverage
- Media, Democracy, Citizenship, Regulation
- Media and War
- Media Entertainment, Sport, and Politics
- Media, Maori, Multiculturalism
- New Media and Democracy
Media analysis assignment
One News Special: Leaders' Debate [22/08/2005]
Large: http://mediastore.auckland.ac.nz/library/uoa/tv/2011b/VA_10400A_03_One_News_Special_Leaders_Debate_22_08_2005-hi.preview
Small: http://mediastore.auckland.ac.nz/library/uoa/tv/2011b/VA_10400A_03_One_News_Special_Leaders_Debate_22_08_2005-lo.low.preview
ONE News Youtube Election debate [14/10/08]
Large: http://mediastore.auckland.ac.nz/library/uoa/tv/2011b/VA_13337_01_One_News_YouTube_Leaders_Debate_14_10_2008-hi.preview
Small: http://mediastore.auckland.ac.nz/library/uoa/tv/2011b/VA_13337_01_One_News_YouTube_Leaders_Debate_14_10_2008-lo.low.preview
3 News [04/07/11]
Large: http://mediastore.auckland.ac.nz/library/uoa/tv/2011b/VD_DVD_2011_0186_01_3_News_At_6_04_07_2011-hi.wide.preview
Small: http://mediastore.auckland.ac.nz/library/uoa/tv/2011b/VD_DVD_2011_0186_01_3_News_At_6_04_07_2011-lo.low.preview
News: Te Kaea [04/07/11]
Large: http://mediastore.auckland.ac.nz/library/uoa/tv/2011b/NewsTeKaea-441304-0-hi.wide.preview
Small: http://mediastore.auckland.ac.nz/library/uoa/tv/2011b/NewsTeKaea-441304-0-lo.low.preview
ONE News [04/07/11]
Large: http://mediastore.auckland.ac.nz/library/uoa/tv/2011b/VD_DVD_2011_0185_01_One_News_At_6_04_07_2011-hi.wide.preview
Small: http://mediastore.auckland.ac.nz/library/uoa/tv/2011b/VD_DVD_2011_0185_01_One_News_At_6_04_07_2011-lo.low.preview
Prime News [04/07/11]
Large: http://mediastore.auckland.ac.nz/library/uoa/tv/2011b/VA_DVD_2011_0901_02_Prime_News_04_07_2011-hi.wide.preview
Small: http://mediastore.auckland.ac.nz/library/uoa/tv/2011b/VA_DVD_2011_0901_02_Prime_News_04_07_2011-lo.low.preview
3 News [01/08/11]
Large: http://mediastore.auckland.ac.nz/library/uoa/tv/2011b/VD_DVD_2011_0214_01_3_News_At_6_01_08_2011-hi.wide.preview
Small: http://mediastore.auckland.ac.nz/library/uoa/tv/2011b/VD_DVD_2011_0214_01_3_News_At_6_01_08_2011-lo.low.preview
News: Te Kaea [01/08/11]
Large: http://mediastore.auckland.ac.nz/library/uoa/tv/2011b/NewsTeKaea-480847-0-hi.wide.preview
Small: http://mediastore.auckland.ac.nz/library/uoa/tv/2011b/NewsTeKaea-480847-0-lo.low.preview
ONE News [01/08/11]
Large: http://mediastore.auckland.ac.nz/library/uoa/tv/2011b/VD_DVD_2011_0213_01_One_News_At_6_01_08_2011-hi.wide.preview
Small: http://mediastore.auckland.ac.nz/library/uoa/tv/2011b/VD_DVD_2011_0213_01_One_News_At_6_01_08_2011-lo.low.preview
Prime News [01/08/11]
Large: http://mediastore.auckland.ac.nz/library/uoa/tv/2011b/VA_DVD_2011_1030_02_Prime_News_01_08_2011-hi.wide.preview
Small: http://mediastore.auckland.ac.nz/library/uoa/tv/2011b/VA_DVD_2011_1030_02_Prime_News_01_08_2011-lo.low.preview
New Zealand's Media, Present and Past
- Abel, Sue. Shaping the News: Waitangi Day on Television. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 1997.
- Comrie, Margie, and Judy McGregor, eds. Whose News? Palmerston North: Dunmore Press, 1992.
- Day, Patrick. Voice and Vision: A History of Broadcasting in New Zealand. Vol. 2. Auckland: Auckland University Press/Broadcasting History Trust, 2000.
- Farnsworth, John, and Ian Hutchison, eds. New Zealand Television: A Reader. Palmerston North: Dunmore Press, 2002.
- Goode, Luke, and Nabeel Zuberi, eds. Media Studies in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Auckland: Pearson, 2004.
- Griffith, Penny, Ross Harvey, and Keith Maslen, eds. Book and Print in New Zealand: A Guide to Print Culture in Aotearoa. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 1997.
- Griffith, Penny, Peter Hughes, and Alan Loney, eds. A Book in the Hand: Essays on the History of the Book in New Zealand. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2000.
- Hayward, Janine, and Chris Rudd. Political Communications in New Zealand. Auckland, N.Z.: Pearson Education, 2004.
- Keenan, Danny. "Aversion to Print? Maori Resistance to the Written Word." In A Book in the Hand: Essays on the History of the Book in New Zealand, edited by Penny Griffith, Peter Hughes and Alan Loney. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2000.
- ---. "Hear the Word, See the Word." In Books and Bibliography: Essays in Commemoration of Don McKenzie, edited by John Thomson. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2002.
- McGregor, Judy, and Margie Comrie, eds. What's News? Reclaiming Journalism in New Zealand. Palmerston North: Dunmore Press, 2002.
- McKenzie, Donald Francis. Oral Culture, Literacy and Print in Early New Zealand: the Treaty of Waitangi. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 1985.
- Miller, Raymond. New Zealand Government & Politics. 4th ed. South Melbourne, Vic. ; Auckland [N.Z.]: Oxford University Press, 2006.
- Smith, Paul. Revolution in the Air! Auckland: Longman, 1996.
- Spicer, Barry, Michael Powell, and David Emanuel. The Remaking of Television New Zealand, 1984-1992. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 1996.
- Thompson, Peter. "The Croc with No Teeth?" New Zealand Political Review Autumn 2003: 18-27.
Historical Overviews
- Briggs, Asa, and Peter Burke. A Social History of the Media: From Gutenberg to the Internet. Cambridge: Polity, 2001.
- Chapman, Jane, and Nick Nuttall. Journalism Today : A Themed History. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
- Conboy, Martin. The Press and Popular Culture. London: Sage, 2002.
- Curran, James, and Jean Seaton. Power without Responsibility : The Press, Broadcasting, and New Media in Britain. 6th ed. London: Routledge, 2003.
- Finkelstein, David, and Alistair McCleery, eds. The Book History Reader. London: Routledge, 2002. Also available as an e-book via the Library database Ebrary.
- Keane, John. The Media and Democracy. Cambridge: Polity, 1991.
- Stephens, Mitchell. A History of News: From the Drum to the Satellite. London: Viking, 1988.
- Thompson, John B. The Media and Modernity: A Social Theory of the Media. Stanford University Press, 1995.
Orality, Literacy and Democracy
- Cottle, Simon. "Television Agora and Agoraphobia Post-September 11." In Journalism After September 11, edited by Barbie Zelizer, and Stuart Allan. London: Routledge, 2002.
- Elster, John. Introduction. Deliberative Democracy, edited by John Elster. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
- Finley, Moses I. Democracy Ancient and Modern. 2nd ed. London: Hogarth Press, 1985.
- ---. Politics in the Ancient World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983.
- Fischer, Steven Roger. A History of Reading. London: Reaktion, 2003.
- Goody, Jack, ed. Literacy in Traditional Societies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1975. .
- Held, David. "Classical Democracy: Athens." In Models of Democracy, edited by David Held. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Polity Press, 1996..
- Kemp, Geoff. "Democracy and the Media." In New Zealand Government and Politics, edited by Raymond Miller, 4th ed. South Melbourne, Vic. ; Auckland [N.Z.]: Oxford University Press, 2006.
- Ong, Walter. Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of the Word. London: Routledge, 1982. .
- Thompson, John B. The Media and Modernity: A Social Theory of the Media. Cambridge: Polity Press, 1995.
- Yunis, Harvey. Taming Democracy: Models of Political Rhetoric in Classical Athens. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1996.
The Printing 'Revolution'/Impact of Communication Technologies
- Anderson, Benedict R. O'G, and American Council of Learned Societies. "Imagined Communities Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism." London : Verso, 2006.
- Briggs, Asa, and Peter Burke. A Social History of the Media : From Gutenberg to the Internet. 3rd ed. Cambridge: Polity, 2009.
- Conboy, Martin. The Press and Popular Culture. London: SAGE, 2002.
- Eisenstein, Elizabeth. The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983.
- ---. The Printing Press as an Agent of Change: Communications and Cultural Transformations in Early Modern Europe. 2 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1979.
- Febvre, Lucien, and Henri-Jean Martin. The Coming of the Book: The Impact of Printing 1450-1800. London: N.L.B., 1976.
- Goode, Luke. "Mediating Technologies." In Media Studies in Aotearoa/New Zealand, edited by Luke Goode and Zabeel Zuberi. Auckland: Pearson Education, 2004.
- Johns, Adrian. The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making. Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1998.
- McLuhan, Marshall. Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man. New York: New American Library, 1964. Also available as an e-book via the Library database Ebrary.
- ---. The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1962.
- Thompson, John B. The Media and Modernity: A Social Theory of the Media. Cambridge: Polity Press, 1995.
- Williams, Raymond. Television: Technology and Cultural Form. 2nd ed. London: Routledge, 1990. Also available as an e-book via the Library database Ebsco.
Public Sphere, Public Opinion and the Fourth Estate : Past and Present
- Allan, Stuart, and ebrary Inc. "News Culture." Maidenhead ; New York: McGraw-Hill/Open University Press, 2010.
- Calhoun, Craig, ed. Habermas and the Public Sphere. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 1992.
- Dahlgren, Peter. Television and the Public Sphere: Citizenship, Democracy and the Media. London: Sage, 1995.
- Habermas, Jürgen. The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere: an Inquiry Into a Category of Bourgeois Society. Translated by Thomas Burger. Cambridge: Polity, 1989.
- Harrison, Jackie. News, Routledge Introductions to Media and Communications. London ; New York: Routledge, 2006.
- Keane, John. "Structural Transformations of the Public Sphere." In Media, Journalism and Democracy, edited by Margaret Scammell and Holli Semetko. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2000.
- Outhwaite, William, ed. The Habermas Reader. Cambridge: Polity, 1996.
- Scannell, Paddy. "Public Service Broadcasting and Modern Public Life." Media Culture and Society 11(1989): 135-66. Available online via the Library database Sage Full Text Collections.
- Schudson, Michael. "Was There Ever a Public Sphere?" In The Power of News. By Schudson. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1995.
- Zaret, David. Origins of Democratic Culture: Printing, Petitions, and the Public Sphere in Early-Modern England. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2000.
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