Intimate Politics (eBook)

James Stanyer is senior lecturer in Media and Communication Studies at Loughborough University.

Contents

List of figures and tables

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Politicians' Personal Lives in the Media
Spotlight

1. Soft Focus: Leaders' Personal Lives Close-up

2. Digging for Dirt: Publicizing Politicians' Sex Lives

3. Changing Exposure: Critical Moments and the

Uncovering of Politicians' Infidelity

4. Transnational Revelations: Flows, Access and Control in a Global
News Environment

5. Drawing Conclusions: Intimization and Democratic Politics

Appendix: Notes on Research Methods and Indicators

References

Endnotes

'An extremely useful book for those who are interested in the
world beyond the level of bar-room gossip.'

href="http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/news/content/view/full/126534">Morning
Star

'Stanyer has delivered a highly persuasive evidence-based
study, creatively developed and carried out, drawing on a
range of data sets inventively designed to compare how far the
private lives of politicians are reported in seven countries. In my
view, Intimate Politics has genuine international relevance
and should be considered the benchmark study for future
scholarship.'

Journalism Studies

'Stanyer's treatment of the phenomenon of
"intimization" is data-rich, conceptually mature and
several-sided. He systematically examines it by genre, over an
extended time span and, in a revealing comparative analysis, across
seven advanced democracies. Intimate Politics is likely to
be the definitive treatment of its subject for years to
come.'

Jay Blumler, University of Leeds

'For the first time, intimization and popularization are dealt
with using hard data, showing that they are not just in the minds
of scholars but that they represent tendencies that have emerged in
several countries worldwide. Our democracies are facing at the same
time new strategies on the part of politicians and also already
well-rooted journalistic routines.'

Paolo Mancini, Università di Perugia