Charles De Gaulle and the Media Leadership, TV and the Birth of the Fifth Republic /

• Main Author: Brizzi, Riccardo (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: French Politics, Society and Culture
• Subjects: France-Politics and government.; Political communication.; World politics.; Political leadership.; Europe-Politics and government.; French Politics.; Political Communication.; Political History.; Political Leadership.; European Politics.

This book explores Charles De Gaulle's use and strict control of television between 1958 and 1969, highlighting the association between charismatic power and television with regards to legitimizing the Gaullist leadership and determining an evolution towards presidentialism during the Fifth Rep...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction. Politics between Communication and Personalization
• 1. The Mass Media in France between 1944 and 1958
• 2. The Personalization of Politics and Government Communication during the Fourth Republic
• 3. De Gaulle and the Press: A Thirty-Year Long Misunderstanding
• 4. The Political Control of Television
• 5. The General and the Small Screen
• 6. Leadership and Television. The General and Constitutional Development during the Fifth Republic
• 7. Gaullist "Telecracy" (1962-65)
• 8. The 1965 "Tele-Presidential" Elections
• 9. De Gaulle, Pompidou and May 1968
• Conclusion: The Origin of the 'Telecracy?'.