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POLITICS IN THE AGE OF MEDIATION

Further reading
The history and current structure of the British news media are described
in News and Journalism in the UK, fifth edition (McNair, 2009c).
Kevin Williams’ Get Me a Murder a Day!, second edition (2009)
covers the history of the British media more broadly, as does Curran
and Seaton’s classic Power Without Responsibility, 7th edition (2009).
For an elegant defence of the democratic contribution of popular, or
‘tabloid’ political journalism see John Hartley’s Popular Reality (1996)
and Catharine Lumby’s Gotcha (1999). For an Australian perspective
on the dynamics of sleaze journalism see Rod Tiffen’s Scandal (1999).

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