Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. vii, 205 pages; 25 cm

Summary

1. "An important element in the Thai success story during the boom years of the late 1980s and early 1990s was the flourishing and politically interventionist print media. Politics and the Press in Thailand is the first book in English to examine the tangled web of relationships linking newspaper owners, editors, columnists and reporters, with leading politicians and power-holders." "Duncan McCargo was granted access to the editorial meetings and newsrooms of Thailand's leading newspapers. Drawing on numerous interviews and extensive observation, this book unpacks the contradictions and dichotomies that underlie political coverage in the Thai language press."--Jacket.

Series statement

1. Routledge research on Southeast Asia

Uniform title

1. Routledge research on Southeast Asia

Subject

1. Press and politics > Thailand
2. 89.56 political communication
3. 05.33 journalism
4. Press and politics
5. Massenmedien
6. Politik
7. Perswezen
8. Journalistiek
9. Politieke invloed
10. Presse et politique > Thaïlande
11. Thailand

Contents

1. 1. Introduction: politics and the media in Thailand -- 2. Political news-gathering in Thai language newspapers -- 3. The role of political reporters -- 4. Inside a political daily: editorial politics at Matichon -- 5. Investigative reporting? The strange case of 'Dr. S' -- 6. The power of the political columnist -- 7. Conclusion.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [194]-197) and index.