News Media Influence on Rail Infrastructure Policy: Tracing Mediatization Through Actor–Network Theory...

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Nicholas Richardson (University of New South Wales, Australia)

News Media Influence on Rail Infrastructure Policy

Tracing Mediatization Through Actor–Network Theory

Nicholas Richardson (University of New South Wales, Australia)

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Bloomsbury Academic USA
16 November 2023

Communication studies; Media studies; Media, information & communication industries

In this book, Richardson’s research spans a decade and two cities - Sydney, Australia and Montreal, Canada - focusing on three metro-style rail infrastructure case study projects: one ongoing, one failed and one upgraded after reaching fifty years of age – to build an irrefutable case that the news media is highly influential to policy, and that these influences are complex, messy and changing.

News Media Influence on Rail Infrastructure Policy offers scholars and industry practitioners in the arenas of policy analysis, politics and media communications a method for astutely guiding large-scale projects through the complex and changing landscape of 24/7 news media. It is underpinned by empirical research that identifies and endeavors to close a considerable gap in current understanding and practice. This gap represents a failure to recognise and respect mediatization – the many powerful influences impacting a policy arena that has drawn the ire of the news media. The result of this failure is ineffective communication that does little to advance the policy piece and, in the worst instances, leads to policy immobilisation or poor policy decision-making.

Drawing significantly on Actor–Network Theory, Richardson identifies the influential actors and alliances at play when policy is subjected to media discourse, and he proposes a framework for tracing and managing them. In doing so, he demonstrates that such a framework is not only vital for the successful negotiation of policy and projects in the media, but also to an (r)evolutionary recasting of public, expert and media actors in the development and decision-making process.

By: Nicholas Richardson (University of New South Wales Australia)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic USA
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781501387487
ISBN 10: 1501387480
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 16 November 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Abbreviations and acronyms Introduction Part I: Following the Actors: A Journey to ANT Chapter 1. Discursive Beginnings Chapter 2. The Case for ANT Chapter 3. Tracing the Media Hinterland Part II: Metro Development in Sydney Chapter 4. Upheaval: The Media Beast and Political Decision-Making Chapter 5. Policy Demise: Where Have All the Leaders Gone? Chapter 6. A Derailing of Sydney Transit Chapter 7. My Kingdom for a Car: The Motoring Mythology Chapter 8. Sydney Metro Comes Full Circle Part III: The Montreal Métro Turns Fifty Chapter 9. Wandering the Montreal Métro: Where Do You Come From? Chapter 10. Wandering the Montreal Métro Part 2: What Do You Do? Part IV: Tracing an Actor–network Chapter 11. Chains of Translation Conclusion: Intersecting Pathways Glossary: Summary of Key Terminology References Index

Nicholas Richardson is a lecturer in Strategic and Creative Commercial Communications at the University of New South Wales, Australia. In previous lives he has written speeches for politicians and developed communications strategies for government agencies, NGOs and international companies.

Reviews for News Media Influence on Rail Infrastructure Policy: Tracing Mediatization Through Actor–Network Theory

This book employs the Actor-Network Theory (ANT) developed by Bruno Latour, Michel Callon and others in the analysis of two contemporary cases of local infrastructure planning – the Metro projects in Sydney, Australia and Montreal, Canada. The author unearths and dissects coalitions of human and non-human authors, which are often invisible but nevertheless critical for the success or failure of such projects. An insightful read for every academic, practitioner and student fascinated by but also concerned about the 24/7 news cycle and its ambiguous impact on local politics nowadays. -- *reach out to Roumen when endorsements go out to confirm we can use this quote on the back cover * Roumen Dimitrov, Visiting Professor, University Pompeu Fabra, Spain, and Honorary Academic, UNSW, Australia *