Politicians, Personal Image and the Construction of Political Identity

A Comparative Study of the UK and Italy

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology, Political Science
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Author: C. Archetti ISBN: 9781137353429
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK Publication: January 7, 2014
Imprint: Palgrave Pivot Language: English
Author: C. Archetti
ISBN: 9781137353429
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication: January 7, 2014
Imprint: Palgrave Pivot
Language: English

Is the media obsession with image leading to a degeneration of politics? Are politicians more concerned with their appearances than with policy substance? Through the evidence provided by over 50 interviews with politicians across the UK and Italy - local councillors, MPs and MEPs - this book provides a very different picture of the world of politics than the one we often cynically imagine. By relying on extensive excerpts from frank and colorful conversations with the interviewees, the analysis develops a new multidisciplinary model to understand the 'mediatization' of politics and the way the personal image of elected representatives is constructed in the age of interconnectedness.

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Is the media obsession with image leading to a degeneration of politics? Are politicians more concerned with their appearances than with policy substance? Through the evidence provided by over 50 interviews with politicians across the UK and Italy - local councillors, MPs and MEPs - this book provides a very different picture of the world of politics than the one we often cynically imagine. By relying on extensive excerpts from frank and colorful conversations with the interviewees, the analysis develops a new multidisciplinary model to understand the 'mediatization' of politics and the way the personal image of elected representatives is constructed in the age of interconnectedness.

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