The Treasury is one of Britain’s oldest, most powerful and secretive institutions, one that has played a central role in shaping the country's economic system. But all too often it has escaped public scrutiny when it comes to investigating the ups and downs of the UK economy.When portrayed, it is usually as a bedrock of government stability in times of crisis, repeatedly rescuing the nation’s finances from the hands of posturing politicians and the combustions of world financial ma...

We are living in a period of great uncertainty. The rise of extreme populists, economic shocks and rising international tensions is not only causing turmoil but is also a sign that many long-predicted tipping points in media and politics have now been reached. Such changes have worrying implications for democracies everywhere.This second edition of Political Communication bridges old and new to map the political and cultural shifts and analyse what they mean for our ageing...

In the twenty-first century, promotion is everywhere and everything has become promotable: everyday goods and organizations, people and ideas, cultures and futures. This engaging book looks at the rise of advertising, public relations, branding, marketing and lobbying, and explores where our promotional times have taken us.Promotional Cultures documents how the professions and practices of promotion have interacted with and reshaped so much in our world, from commodities, ...

Aeron Davis takes a close look at the state of elites today. He argues that the Brexit vote and 2017 election outcome are signs of a deeper leadership crisis that has been developing over decades. The great transformations of the 1980s onwards have not only upended societies, they have reshaped elite rule itself. Too many leaders today, regardless of intent, are ignorant, precarious, rootless and self-serving. Although richer, they have lost coherence, influence and control. Increasingly, ...

The Mediation of Power investigates how those in positions of power use and are influenced by media in their everyday activities. Each chapter examines this theme through an exploration of some of the key topics and debates in the field, including:theories of media and powermedia policy and the economics of informationnews production and journalistic practicepublic relations and media managementculture and powerpoliti...

Political Communication and Social Theory presents an advanced and challenging text for students and scholars of political communication and mass media in democracies. It draws together work from across political communication, media sociology and political sociology, and includes a mix of theoretical debate and current examples from several democratic media systems. Its wide ranging discussions both introduce and contest the traditional scholarship on a number of contemporary top...

When we are told so regularly that we live in a ‘post truth’ age and are surrounded by ‘fake news’, it can be tempting to think of politics as primarily mediated. Discussion and analysis of public affairs is preoccupied with the power and reach of platforms or the passion and rage of social media exchanges. As important as these issues may be, a focus on the communicative risks downgrading the political.Media, Democracy and Social Change puts politics back into pol...

The story of the friendship of Wil and Aeron since childhood in the Dyfi valley. They began performing and scripting for the local Young Farmers Club and this led to an invitation to present a tv programme from the Royal Welsh Show. They have since presented many tv series and radio programmes. One of the the titles in the Quick Reads literacy scheme.

Cyfrol sy'n son am gyfeillgarwch Wil ac Aeron ers dyddiau eu plentyndod ym Mro Ddyfi. Daeth cyfle iddyn nhw berfformio a sgriptio yn y Clwb Ffermwyr Ifanc ac arweiniodd hynny at gyflwyno rhaglen o'r Sioe Fawr ar S4C. Erbyn hyn mae'r ddau wedi cael sawl cyfres ar y teledu ac yn cyflwyno ar y radio. Mae Heulwen yn hanu o'r un ardal ac yn adnabod y ddau gymeriad yn dda.