Public Policy and Media Organizations

David Berry is an academic and writer at Southampton Solent University, UK. David has published five books to date and his most recent, Revisiting the Frankfurt School: Essays on Culture, Media and Theory, was published in 2012. David is Chief Editor of the International Journal of Radical Mass Media Criticism at www.fifth-estate-online.co.uk. Caroline Kamau completed her PhD at the University of Kent, UK, in 2005. After working as a postdoctoral research associate in Kent for a year, Kamau was an adjunct lecturer at Florida State University's London centre. She was then a lecturer in psychology at Southampton Solent University, UK, for 5 years. Kamau is a lecturer in organizational psychology at Birkbeck, University of London. Her research focuses on group processes.

• Part I Theorizing Public Policy and News Media Representations, David Berry; Chapter 1 IntroductionSome Notes on Public Policy and Media; Chapter 1a Political Philosophy; Chapter 2 Public Policy; Chapter 3 News Media Representations and Discourse of Public Policy; Part II Group Processes and the Media as a Referee in Public Policy-Making, Caroline Kamau; Chapter 4 IntroductionWhy Group Processes Matter; Chapter 4a When the Common Good is not so Common: Group Identity Motives in Public Policy-Making; Chapter 5 Why and When Media Organizations Referee Public Policy Decision-Making; Chapter 6 Group Processes Among Media Workers, Faulty Decision-Making Processes and Effects on Public Opinion about Policy;

'This book is highly recommended for those interested in the evolution of public policy, news representations and news discourse in the UK. The reader learns a great deal of how public policy is informed from the triad of media organizations, policymakers and the public. Public Policy and Media Organizations is extremely well-written, informative and fulfils its promise. Each section concludes with a summary ... while the book concludes with a rich bibliography and a comprehensive index.' European Journal of Communication