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List of Contributors |
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List of Tables |
xv |
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List of Figures |
xvi |
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List of Textboxes |
xvii |
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Preface |
xviii |
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Abbreviations and Acronyms |
xx |
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Introduction: The theory and practice of government communication |
xxiii |
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The political, legal and economic context |
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Mapping the Australian PR state |
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Ian Ward |
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Government communication and the law |
19 |
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Graeme Orr |
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The Public Service and government communication: Pressures and dilemmas |
36 |
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Brian Head |
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Business–government communication: Power, influence and mundane relationships |
51 |
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John Warhurst |
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The government–media relationship |
63 |
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Televising parliament: Broadcasting, webcasting and public access |
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Julianne Schultz |
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Politicians, journalists and ‘spin’: Tangled relationships and shifting alliances |
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Shelly Savage and Rodney Tiffen |
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Theories of government communication and trends in the UK |
93 |
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Brian McNair |
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Government communication workers: Spin doctors, speechwriters and PR practitioners |
111 |
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Perspectives on government PR |
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Noel Turnbull |
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Spin doctors, citizens and democracy |
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Stephen Stockwell |
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Speechwriters and political speech: Pitting the good angels against the bleak |
144 |
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Dennis Glover |
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Government use of media |
159 |
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Australian governments and online communication |
161 |
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Peter Chen, Rachel Gibson, Wainer Lusoli and Stephen Ward |
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A history of government advertising in Australia |
181 |
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Government advertising as public communication: Cases, issues and effects |
204 |
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John Sinclair and Stephanie Younane |
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The social framework: Citizens, NGOs and government |
227 |
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Innovations in Australian government communication |
229 |
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Lobbying government |
255 |
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Sarah Maddison |
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Citizens engaging government |
270 |
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Katharine Gelber |
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Conclusion: The present and future of government communication |
284 |
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Appendix: Current Australian governments, state and federal (as at January 2007) |
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Notes |
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Index |
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